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[by electric telegraph. — copyright] (per press association.) (Received January 15, at 1 a ra ) Sydney, January 14. j Final ballot of Newcast'e miDera gives 621 for and 3352 ae^lnat Ihe reduction in hewing rates. Tin delegates of ha board decided that in collieries v here a reduction has baen made 14 days' notice should be gl-en, doting from the 25th of p esent month of the intention of miners to cease work. The seer tary of the Miners' Association has been dismissed for sticking t) what ia known ai the general agreement. (Received January 14, Bfc 1 a m.) Sydney, January 13. Government has received from London a spec'al report on the English fruit market aB a meana of absorbing surplus fruit in New South Waleß. The demand f( r fruit in Eng'and amounts to 8| millions sterling. In the report the opinion ia expressed that while green fruit would form an immediate trade the greatest trade would be ia dried and canned goods. (Received January 14, at noon) Brisbane, January 13. A tragic termination to a wedding 1b reported from Dalby, a portion of the pa'ty returning home were a'ruck by lightning, a brother of the bride being killed and aeveral othera badly injured. Hobart, January 13. The Science Congreß3 cloaca on Thuraday. Laßt night Mr Adams, Chief Surveyor of Otago, dtllverod a lecture on the Sutlmland Fal'a. The town hall waa packed. Sydney, Janury 14. The harvest la the Gundeejal district is very poor, and the yield ia the woret for yeara. The CounteeßSßs of Jeraeyjand Galloway leave for New Zealand on Monday via Melbourne.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 7268, 15 January 1892, Page 4
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