. .It ,is stated that Sir Henry Clarke will be appointed temporary Agent General for Victoria in London. - Yaxe, an ex-bushranger, lias been committed for trial at Sydney, on a charge of sheep stealing. A Horse ford ninn’s excuse for stealing a pair of chickens was that while at work he hung his coat,; near the coop, and on going for it he foimiHhe chickens roosting on the same. ll* hadn’t the tyeart to wake them Up, be said, 'so hV wound his coat around them without waking them arid 1 carried them off. Hia defence was ingenious, put lie was sent'all the earner for three months to gaol, s I I ; |
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Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 516, 6 May 1880, Page 2
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111Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Patea Mail, Volume VI, Issue 516, 6 May 1880, Page 2
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