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| PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. i Perth, February 14, Mr Lownes, a well-known business man at Yalgo:>, received a parcel through tno post. The address was apparently in a lady'n hand-writing, atid it was .closely packed. Tnis circumstance ltd to ihe postal «ffici».ls to surmise that it I contained gold. Therefore thoy sur- ! charged it by registration. MrLown s openei the box at th 9 post oflios, and a te:rific explosim of gelignite followed,! blo.vii-g Mr Lownes' left hand and , forearm to pieces, and SsV.rc)y burning a pos.al aiairf an'. Mr Lownes exclaimed, " This is the work of my enemy, I knew it would come. He threatened to do for me." j A girl has ben attacked by plague. j Sydney, February-14.-j Typh id continues to spread at Coonanble, and mora nurses have been despatched. The sheds at the sgricul f prounds I have been ti'.fcsd as temporary hospitals.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 41, 16 February 1903, Page 3
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149AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 41, 16 February 1903, Page 3
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