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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 3521, 10 March 1897, Page 5

A bonus of a penny per lb has been paid by tbe Queensland Government to the dairy companies which recently sent 60 tons of butter to Loudon.

A woman was charged before a Sydney Magistrate tbe other day with driving without a lamp. She stated that she had a lamp, but had forgotten to put a ca r die in it. "Ah ! " said tbe Magistrate, " ycu're like the foolish virgin who forgot the oil," to which defendant replied : " I'm not a foolish virgin, I'm married, with four children.

It is proposed to abolish transportation to New Caledonia and to send the convicts to Madagascar instead. As a preliminary experiment, several hundred convicts are about to be transferred to the new colony, to be employed in road-making and otherwise developing the island.

An old man named Hesketb, of Tamworth, has won the first prize in Tattersall's consultation on tbe Hobart Cup, the amount being £4,500. Hesketh is totally blind and made mats for a livelihood. He was very poor and the windfall will prove very acceptable.

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