COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 December 1928, Page 8

COMMONWEALTH NEWS.

UOIiED BY A COW. t. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 11.30 a.mi., to-day. SYDNEY, Dec. 4.

William Austin, aged 82, wais. attacked by a cow at Grauvi:\les. He was badly gened an the stomach. The animal made repeated attacks', and! twice threw him into- the air, until it was, driven off by a passerby. Twenty st-itches had to he inserted in the woundis in the stomach. His condition is serious. WOOL FROM TANGO MARTI. BRISBANE, Dec. 1. The- steaaner Ivowarra brought 4528 bales of the Tango Mam A wool to port. It was thoroughly inspected by' the u-ndeirwriters, who found it to he in a bad condition. EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID. BRISBANE, Dec. 4. There are now over seventy patients in the Cloucurry hospital, suffering from typhoid l fever. No deaths have occurred. hut some- are isewnisi. Women and men volunteers are tus sibling the nursing staff. USED BATTERY ON HORSE. ADELAIDE., Dec. 4. Tile South Australian Jockey Chib Commit!© lias disqualified for life J. Clark, an apprentice rider, for having mse-d a battery on the horse Antroym ait tlie- G-awler races on October 20.