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POTATO CROP BLIGHTED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, April The whole potato crop of the Lower Hunter district is blighted. It spread with alarming rapidity. In a few days highly promising crops were destroyed. NEW WI-lAEF AT SYDNEY.' Sydney, April 28. Mrs. Clugston, charged with the murder of her three children at Cosgrove, near Dookie, in December last, was found not guilty on the ground of insanity. She was ordered to be detained. A PECULIAR CASE. r 1 " pt.i Melbourne, April 28.
A peculiar case has occupied the attention of the Courts. A woman named Stuart sued a man named Smith for maintenance. She declared that she married defendant in a theatre during a trance. Defendant denied ever marrying or 'living with Stuart. The case was dismissed. WRECK OF THE ,MALEKULA. Brisbane, April 28. An inquiry into the wreck of t'le Malekula has been opened. The captain attributed the stranding to his chronometer being inaccurate and to iliad steering by the native crew. The Marine Board decided to place on record the STilenrlid behaviour of the captain in bringing n. boat from t.he Malekula, across from Hampton Island.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 376, 29 April 1910, Page 2
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189AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 376, 29 April 1910, Page 2
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