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AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Telegraph.] (Pers.s. Ringarooma at the Bluff.) Melbourne, Oct. 4. The water in the Yan Yean is seven feet below the average. Owing to the deficiency of the supply, it is intended to take immediate steps to divert the water from the King Parrot river. An extraordinary rich discovery is reported from the Indicator line of reef, in the White Horse Ranges, Ballarat district. 83 pounds weight of gold were obtained from a cwt of quartz. The Budget debate only lasted two evenings and was then exhausted. Sir Bryan O'Loghlen said if they could pass an amended Land Tax Bill this session they would do so. Government hoped to bring certain town lands within the Act. He had no doubt the colony could borrow as much money as it required at about four per cent. Sydney. A serious tramway collision occurod on Sunday afternoon on the Rand wick line. Two youths received serious injuries. A brutal murder has bean perpetrated at Mount Gravatt, a short distance from Brisbane. An elderly man named Pxllinger was found with his skull smashed in and other injuries. A school teacher has been arrested on suspicion. The want of rain in tho northern farming districts is severely felt. Many crops are injured beyond possibility of recovery, and over a large area the wheat plants are feeble.

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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2670, 11 October 1881, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN NEWS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2670, 11 October 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2670, 11 October 1881, Page 2

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