AUSTRALIAN GABLES.
(Per Press Association.) Melbourne, Nov. 25. A boy named Markham had a terrible experience, which ended futnlly. He was out shooting at Yarra Glen, Victoria, when he came across a tiuer snake. He clubbed his gun and struck the reptile, but the force of the blow caused both barrels to explode, ranking a frightful wound in his thigh. The unfortunate lad lay on the ground for 17 hours before his collie dog succeeded in attracting assistance. The leg was amputated, bat the boy died. The Bakers' Association has reduced the price of flour 10a per ton. Sydney, Novr. 26. After serving 10 years' imprisonment, the Mouuti Rennie prisoners Newman, Donnellao, Miller, Keegan and Hill, have becu released. Mr N. Lockyer, Receiver in the Treasury Department, succeeds Mr Powell as Collector of Customs.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 127, 27 November 1896, Page 2
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