AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By T«I«»Bl>.-F"» AMOcl»ttou.-an)yii**ft~ . SPRINTER DONALDSON. (Received February 28, 9.15 p.m.) i Sydney, February 28. The sprinting champion, Donaldson, is a, passenger by the Wimmera. which Bailed at four p.m. for Auckland. He will meet Fostlo over three distances at, Auck-. land on March 16. ' FIRE IN BUSINESS BLOCK. Sydney, February 28, A fire at Grengall restroyed seven chops and two dwellings. The damage is noil known. ' . .:i N.S.W. STOCK RETURNS, SVonet, February 28The stock returns show that the nam* ■ ber of horses in the State on January 1 was 559,767. an increase o£ 17,080. The number of cattle was "2,734,691, a decrease. of 75,372. The sheep in the State numbered 42,753/i63, giving a decrcasa o£ , 753,881. ■' ."■•- ;:'' : "'•,;■■-: $1 THE EARL OF MORTON. Fni'MANTLEj, February 28. The Earl of Morton {Sbolto. George, Watson Douglas, a Scottish representative), . Peer since 1886) and the Countess of Mor-*, ton are passengers by, the Moldavia, roia • London. They are proceeding to New: Zealand.'' ' '.-.".' XJTHGOW STRIKE * RIOTERS. , Sydney, February 28- . The State Cabinet has declined to re* commend ■ the.; release of Hayeis, Scully*, and Williams, * who "were imprisoned in. connection with the riots at Lithgow, the centre of the ironworkers' strike t which' ■; has been in progress for many montlis. A STATE LOTTERY REFERENDA Sydney* February 28. In the Now South Wale* ***£££■' , l- - ;n in vonr of eubßMtr Assembly a - lottery to ting the question ot ft oi<« a referendum lapw*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14929, 29 February 1912, Page 7
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