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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ADELAIDE, Monday.
jl mcotine or tno vietinnco eninmittno nomi
nated by tho Broken Hill shareholders on
Thursday was held to-day, whon tho chairman
and secretary wore appointed. A tologrnm was
received from Sydney promising support.
Jolm Wilson, n fnrmer nt Artiro, shot himself
dead with a pen rifle yestordny morning. Ho
had lost his crop and 15 horses through' tho
drought, whioh prayed on his miud.
An investigation of tlio engines of tho steam
ship Wnrooka show that thov have not been
much damaged by submersion.
The official agricultural statistics for tho son-
son 1891-92 ostimatc tho total yield at
6,436,488 bushels, ns against 9,399,389 bnshols
for the preceding season, a dcoronso of 2,962,901
bushels. The average is 4 bushels 9 lb. per
aarc, as against 5 bushels 35 lb. for tho lire-
ceding year, a decrease of 1 bushel 28 lb.
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