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Per Press Association, LARGE BEQUESTS. Adelaide, March 12. Sir Thomas Elder’s bequests are free of duty, bringing the total up to £170,000, MISSING EXPLORERS. The evidence is strengthening the theory that the skeletons found are those of (wo prospectors, not those of the
missing members of the Calvert expedi tion, and the search is being continued. WESTRALIA. Perth, February 12. A special sitting of Parliament granted Supply during the Premier’s absence in England, and passed an Act validating the election of the Federal Convention. AN EASY ROBBERY. A sensational robbery is reported from Coolgardie railway station, when £1159 in notes and gold were stolen. It was a hot night, and the stationmaster left a window open, his trousers, in which were the keys of the safe, being within easy reach of it. KILLED BY A ROCKET. Albany, March 12. Oliver, injured by the rocket accident on board the steamer McGregor, is dead.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 8777, 12 March 1897, Page 3
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