MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12218, 15 April 1908, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Sydney, April 14. The disabled steamer Karori is expeefced to reach Sydney on Thursday. Burglars dynamited the safe at the Cootna railway station and secured £149. ' I Melbourne, April 14. The drought in the north-eastern districts is very severe. Many owners have been compelled to hand -feed large numbers of stock, and to send some to other districts. Hobarfr, April] 4. The efforts of buyers to "bear" the price of Australian hops is resented all round. Local growers intend to ask the Commonwealth Government to increase the import duty I to Is in the lb.