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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 760, 22 December 1908, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

|BT ELECTBIO IELEGBAPH— . OPYBJGBT.] ' [?EE PBEBB ASSOCIATION.] BIG BUSH FIRES. Sydney, December 2l! fcrreat bush, fires are raging in the Kundai district. Already 10,000 acres have been swept by the fires. Many persons hare had narrow escapes (Received December 22, 9.25 a.m.) Sydney, December 22. Fifty thousand . acres were swept clean at Gundagai. A '.destructive fire is raging at Geimanton. THE ABMIDALE MURDER. . At the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the Armidale murder a verdict of murder against some persons unknown was returned. llhe jury considered that the evidence was insufficient to detain the girl O'Leary, who had been arrested.. SHIPPING. Sailed — Daldorch, for Auckland. From Clarence River: Sailed — Volador, for New Zealand. VICTORIAN ELECTIONS. Melbourne, December 22. At the nominations yesterday 24 members were returned unopposed, including the Premier, Chief Secretary, and Minister of Agriculture. WIRELESS— MONEYLESS. The Federal Postmaster has received six tenders from all parts of the world for wireless installation between Victoria, Tasmania, and adjoining islands. Owing to want of funds tjhe Postmaster is compelled to return the tenderers' djeposts. Wireless telegraphy will have to remain iv abeyance for some time. HIS LAST MOVE, Brisbane, December 22. Obituary — Robert Mar, champion draught player of Australasia.