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[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. MURDER AND SUSPECTED ROBBERY NEAR GEELONG. NEW SOUTH WALES ESTIMATES. (Received January 23, 1.10 a.m.) Melbourne, January 22. Sailed, this afternoon, the Union steamship Manapouri, for the Bluff. A case of suspected robbery and murder is reported to have occurred near Geelong. Francis Beech, a farmer living at Pettavel, was found to have been murdered in his house, and his
wife was in a dying state. The house had been ransacked throughout. No arrests have yet been made. (Received January 23, 1.25 p.m.) Sydney, January 23. The New South Walas Estimates of expenditure were tabled in Parliament last evening. They show a total estimated expenditure of £7,710,000 against last year.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2310, 23 January 1884, Page 2
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