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  2. DESPERATE SUICIDE.

    A sad case of suicide was reported to the police from Trure. On Sunday, May 22, John Wilson, an old settler in the district, shot himself with a pea rifle while sitting on a chair in his own house. ...

    Article : 100 words
  3. South Australian News. Death of a Centenarian.

    On May 1, Mr. George Radford died at Kadina at the residence of his son, Lance-corporal Radford, at an age rarely attained, he having completed his 100th year on September 1 last. ...

    Article : 403 words
  4. COMMERCIAL PROGRESS.

    The elasticity of the financial resources of Queensland, and the confidence capitalists have in Brisbane in paiticula, seems to be[?]almost daily evident by the comparatively large amount of ...

    Article : 543 words
  5. GENERAL NEWS.

    The late Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Andrews, of Glenelg (S.A.) left £8000, which will be for the most part dovoted to charitable purposes. St. Margaret's Convalescent Home, the Home for ...

    Article : 119 words
  6. Long Lost Relatives.

    The following persons who left the United Kingdom for Australia, or were last heard of in these colonies, are inquired for in LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON NEWSPAPER of March 7, the ...

    Article : 1,251 words
  7. GENERAL NEWS.

    Mr. F. Luithwaite, who has for the last 26 years been locomotive superintendent of the Central railway (Rockhampton), retired recently under the bylaw which directs all employees to ...

    Article : 296 words
  8. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

    The official agricultural statiatics for the season 1891-92 estimate the acreage under crop to be 152,423a, against 963,573a in 1890 91, a decrease of 11,150a. The total yield is estimated at ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. PLEURO.

    A great deal of anxiety is being manifested amongst cattleowners in the Mount Gambier district in consequence of there being no less than six pleuro quarantine areas in the locality. It is ...

    Article : 167 words
  10. West Australian News. A Burglarious Sailor.

    A sensational case of burglary was reported from Albany, on Thursday, May 19. Mr. Wills, manager of Dalgety and Company, heard footsteps in his house about midnight on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 203 words
  11. THE LOST FOUND.

    LLOYD'S of March 27 says: Through the Town AND COUNTRY JOURNAL of Sydney a second letter has come to ROBERT SCOTT (May 24, 1891), whose brother at New Cross sought him. ...

    Article : 412 words
  12. LOSSES THROUGH DEOUGHT.

    Drovers and others who have come down the north-east track from Hawker, almost to the junction of South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, report moat serious results in ...

    Article : 116 words
  13. THE STOCK TAX.

    The proposal to impose a tax on stock imported into Victoria, about which there haa been so much agitation, will have a somewhat serious effect upon stockbreeders in the south-eastern ...

    Article : 236 words
  14. A LUCKY FIND.

    It is reported from Roebuck Bay pearl fishery that Captain Riddell, of the brigantine Ethel, has found a pearl of large size. ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. THE GRANGE RAILWAY.

    The agreement under which the Government runs the Grange railway will expire on May 31. No ariangements have been made to continue the service, but the Railway Commissioners have ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. NEWS OF THE WEEK.

    The Railway Department is pruparing for a trial of the electric light on trains.—A destructive fire occurred on May l8 on the premises of Mr. Stoneman, merchant, Porth. The shop and ...

    Article : 55 words
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