AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) Receives Jan, 25, at 1.10 a.m. - Sydney, Jan. 2d. The heat in the country is terrific. A Irtish .fire-in the Condoblin district did great damage. The Tullinga- station lost twenty thousand acres of grass. A father and two sons going to the assistance of a neighWr - rode for their lives ahead ofawal- fire lor seven miles, ami found a tank, -and took refuge in tl.c water for five hours. Two girls, the eldest thirteen have--been arrested for starting this fire, The parents were also arrested for; aiding and abetting.■"'. . "■Melbourne.' Jail, 2d,.- ' Six children perished in a bush lire at •Mount Fatigue, - Gippsland. ."."Others are missing,, but there, are no particulars.
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North Otago Times, 25 January 1906, Page 2
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118AUSTRALIAN NEWS. North Otago Times, 25 January 1906, Page 2
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