NEW SOUTH WALES.
Counsel has been assigned* to the Gundagai bushrangers. Moonlite, however, prefers ito defend himself. He looks haggard, and exhibits no trace of bravado. It has come out that .he had conceived the idea of organising a gang to stick up the mail steamer, he sailing in her from Adelaide as a steerage passenger. His plan was to induce the Lascar, crew to mutiny and seize the officers and vessel. Moonlite would then force the bullion room, and compel the Lascars to take the gang and plunder ashore.
A fatal Coach accident occurred near Maitland. The driver fell off in a fit, and the horses bolted. The coach capiszed, and a young lady was killed and several others severely injured. Rust has appeared in several places, and it ia feared that the crops are largely affected. :
A fire at Greenfield destroyed property ■worth £10,000. The township was saved with difficulty. Twelve houses were burnt down.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5555, 9 December 1879, Page 2
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157NEW SOUTH WALES. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5555, 9 December 1879, Page 2
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