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BUSH FIRES IN . QUEENSLAND. •CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. BRISBANE, October 8. Bush fires in the Winton district swept several stations, ana destroyed SO,OOO acres of grass and considerable stock, MANSLAUGHTER. THE BALLARAT CASE. MELBOURNE, October 3. The man Cartledge, found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife at Bailarat,. was sentenced to four years' imprisonment. OLD AGE PENSIONS. SYDNEY, October 3. During the year ended June, £500,0(i0 was paid in old age pensions, the average number of pensioners being 21,575. VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION. MELBOURNE, October 3. A by-election for the vacant Richmond seat in the Victorian Assembly resulted in the return of a Labourite, Mr Cotter. The seat was formerly held by a Ministerialist. BUTTER EXPORTS. MELBOURNE, October 3. The butter exports for the State for July and September totalled over a million and a-half pounds less than for the same period last year. A PLAGUE RAT. SYDNEY, October 3. The plagued rat found at Darling Harbour was the first caught for two months.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3009, 5 October 1908, Page 5
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172AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3009, 5 October 1908, Page 5
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