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Sydney, This day
The Federal Election Writs have been issued m New South Wales and Victoria.
llohart, This day. The Federal Council is opened. Sir •J. Forrest was elected President.
Mklrocrne, This day
Armstrong, the missing steward of the Oceania, surrendered to the police. He states he knew nothing about the robbery. He has been detained as a deserter from the steamer pending enquiries.
Adelaide, January 2(5,
An intoxicated man named Drnmmond fatally stabbed a railway clerk named King at the Semaphore railway station. Drummond has been arrested.
A woman named Hammey committed suicide by pouring a tin of kerosene over herself and then locking herself in a room, set fire to her clothes.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 231, 27 January 1897, Page 3
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119AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 231, 27 January 1897, Page 3
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