INTERCOLONIAL.
(Peii Press Association.) Sydney, May 14. The relief parties who were at work during the floods on the Oulgong liver, near Bourke, have returned. They reined. se.Yera.l people.
who had been living in trees for three weeks, and found one family who had taken refuge on a raft.
An official report on the recent accident to the train at Bathurst attributes the cause to the sudden pulling up of the train, thus causing a recoil and the couplings to snap. The Raglan station, near which the accident occurred, has been removed to a position where the grade is easier. The report urges that automatic continuous brakes should be introduced.
Melbourne, May 14.
Mr Dow, Minister of Agriculture, who is to be charged in company with other directors of the Premier Permanent Building Association with conspiracy to defraud, has resigned his office, but the Cabinet refused to accept his resignation
Adelaide, May 14.
The idea of distributing the shares in the Commercial Bank of Australia on the lottery principle has been abandoned.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1892, 15 May 1890, Page 24
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172INTERCOLONIAL. Otago Witness, Issue 1892, 15 May 1890, Page 24
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