(SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, May 17.
A coach was bailed up near Harribi. Tho horses were scared at the tiring, and bolted. The driver steered for the poatoftice at Wallget. The bullets penetrated the panels, and splintered the wood. The are the bushrangers.
police pursuing Queensland, May 17. Mr Thomas has resigned the Ministry of Justice. * Mr Spring was appointed AttorneyGeneral.
Adklaide, May 17. —Mr Angus, of Melbourne.
Obituary Melbourne, MaylG. The official statistics show the yield of last harvest to be 5,715,000 bushels of wheat. This is a decrease of 1,302,000 bushels compared with the previous year. The average yield was B*7 bushels, compared with 12*4 bushels for last year. The yield of oats is 307,000 bushels, showing an increase on lost season. The additional acreage under wheat was 94,000 acres. Now Zealand oats are plentiful, at 3s 6d to 3a 9J. Four thousand bushels were sold on Friday in two lines. The largest shareholders in the Provincial Bank contemplate establishing a new company, to take over the assets and liabilities, and to recommence business after the liquidation. Tho Jessie Roadman, from the Blutf, has arrived. Later. It is feared that Victoria will require to import a million and a half bushels oi wheat for consumption.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2199, 19 May 1879, Page 2
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