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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3373, 14 October 1879, Page 3

John Bnestrode, publican, formerly of New Zealand, has committed suicide. Another Gold' Extractor. An iron founder named Denny is in Melbourne with a new gold extractor which the miners predict will revolutionize goldmining on the fields thought to be worked out. and will enable fortanes to be realised from thorn. In a match of billiards the champion, Cook, gave E. H. Perkins, formerly of , Auckland, 600 points and was beaten; Perkins hating 156 points to spare. Referring to the show of wheat at the Exhibition, the Bydney News says New Zealand beats all competitor!, also in the display of oats. The Dee, a cargo steamer, was blown up by the bursting of a boiler on Tuesday. The steamer had just arrived from Paramatta and ail hands had gone ashore, otherwise their lives would have been sacrificed. The engineer states that tbe boiler has not been inspected for eighteen months and the vessel is now a complete wreck. NEWCASTLE. The Coal Miners' Strike. Matters continue very quiet, tbe police and military yet remaining in the place. The.sew hands imported hare constant work. MELBOUHNE. October 8. [Remembrance and Royal Concorfc are farorite horses for the Maribyrnong Plate, Nellie for the Derby, and Over is scratched for the Cup. The miner's strike at Sandhurst still continues. A number of other mines hare reduced wages, and the men are accordingly turned out. Subscriptions for the relief of the strikers are flowing in freely, but warrants are out for several for Using threatening language.

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