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WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
PERTH, Fas. 15.
Yesterday Mr. Lewis Durlacbere, the
manager of a station at Freshwater Camp,
Shark's Bay, accidentally shot himself dead.
PERTH, Wbdnesd AT.
It iB stated, on" the authority of Messrs. 0.
Bethelland Co., of London, thataconalderable
amount of the capital necesiary Iq further
ance of the Midland Railway project boa
been privately wbscribed in London. It ia
now confidently anticipated that the scheme
will be carried out without delay.
PERTH ThobBPAY."
Particulars have been received respecting
the bnrrisane in the north-west at the beghji
ning of this month, which shows that it
caused heavy damage to the station- #oJ°"
perty and stock of Messm Grant, Anderson,
and Edgar, on the De Grey River. The
honees on the station were completely
wrecked. Miles of fencing were torn up, and
a valuable flock of stud sheep, cumbering
13,500, as well as other sheep, was de
stroyed.
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