AUSTRALIA
[BY CABLE —PBESS ASSN. —COI’YBIGHT.] GOLD BOUNTY CANBERRA, December 12. The Gold Bounty Bill has been passed by the House of Representatives. COLLIERY MERGER. SYDNEY, December 13. Negotiations are completed for merging the interests of Abermain and Seaham Collieries limited, and J. and A. Brown involving four millions sterling. A company will be formed to acquire and work the collieries. RECORD HAILSTORM. PERTH, December 13. The country districts experienced the worst, hail and rain storm in history. At Woigan Hills, an area a mile wide and thirty-five miles long was devastated, six thousand acres of crop being destroyed. Drivers of teams were battered by hail, which was four feet deep at Mount Rupert. Pigs, rabbits and poultry ■were killed. The roads are
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 December 1930, Page 7
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