AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(11V KI.KCTUIC TKLKGIt.U'it — COPYKIUHT.) Sydney, January '20. The 1100 ls have done great damage in the Gundagai district. Several thousand sheep ami a large number of cattle were drowned. Th'j Alumimbidgce River is in Hood, and Noith is mrtially inundated. The Hunter River miners are unable to render any Hiumcin.l assistance to the miners in New Zealand, as they have to support a thousand ot their own members. _ . ll.inseii lias (••onfessed his guilt in the Peak Hill murder. He had quarrelied with Punk, and tomahawked him. ,\I Ki.iini'KN i:. .lauuary -0.
An Employers' Mutual Defence Fund has been started in the hope of raising JL'IOO.OOO for the purpose of forming a fund t'rom which to indemnity members for lo s s by strikes. A libel action claiming £25,M)0 damages has boon instituted against Mr .Tames Cosmo Xo-vberry, C.M.G.. Analyst of the Department of Minis, by Mr round, a mining manager, for alleged libel, contained in Air Newborns report on a mining property. I'.Klsr.AM',, January 20. A black gin has bojn found at. (,'ooktcwn suffering from leprosy in its worst form, and tlic woman is in a fearful condition. Aiiki.AUM-:. January 20. Tho experts appointed by the Government to enquire into the merits of the various patterns of railway brakes, recommend the adoption of the Wcslinghouso quick-acting automatic brake.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2890, 22 January 1891, Page 3
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220AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2890, 22 January 1891, Page 3
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