AUSTRALIAN.
(Becoired Blaieh 2,10.15 a.m.) In Support of the Strikers
Stt.net, March 2 A Conference of delegates from the Coal Miners' Unions decidnd to support the miners on strike iv Victoria. Flooded Out. Many settlers along the Nurooi are flooded out, and have taken refngo on the higher ground. A nnmber are reported*to be still surrounded, and assistance has been swit to them. The plains for many miles are under water. Nearly twelve inches of rain fell at Tain bar. I A Dangerous Seaman. D^TJBg the vojuge of the Elverlund from the Thames a s eaman attempted to stab the boatswain. The man was pluced iv irons. It is alleged he is demented. Received March 2, 10.50 a.m. The Tasmanian Cable. ! Melbourne, March 2. The Government has finally decided not to purchase the Tasmaniau cable, which the Eastern .Extension Company offered for £70,000. A Curious Robbery. Mine Watchman Bound and G-agged-
Perth, March 2 The watchman of the Croesus South mine has reported that three men with blackened faces seized, bound and sagged him during the night, and stole between a hundred and fifty and two hundred worth of siimes from the battery. It is a peculiar circumstance that although there were five other employees at the mine, only the watchman saw the thieves.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 6208, 2 March 1904, Page 3
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