AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
A CYCLING UUOORD. Received .March 17 1.15 a.m. Melbou - March 10. Pearson, a evelist, re . from Sydney Post Office to' Melbourne in- 57 'hour's ■i- minutes, establishing a record. A BIG FLOOD. Sydney. March 10. Tamworlh is under water. The Hood is the greatest of twenty-five years. It is feared that stock perished in large numbers on the low-lying paddocks.
CREEP AT BROKEN HILL. Sydney, March lfi. A creep occurred at Block U, Broken Mil. Tlit! railway lino, which runs through tlio block to the British mine was left .suspended three feet in the air. Little damage was done underground.
MURDER BY BLACKS. Sydney, March 10. News from the Islands states that the attack made on Mr. Welling, purser of the South Australian, was quite unpremeditated. Mr. Welling was walking with several others when a native whom he hud never seen before struck him with an axe, almost severing his arm. Gangrene -set in.
A HERO'S DF.ATIV. Brisbane, March HI. Constable Murtagh was drowned in Fortitude Valley while trying to rescue a horse from the flood waters.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 74, 17 March 1908, Page 2
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