AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
.1 a "> Ssdnev; January 2. Eight stations are on fire in the Riverina.district.' : Sydney, January 4. Hundreds of thousands of acres in the vicinity of Brooking, in tha Riverina '.district, have been laid waste. by a bush fire, which is tho largest "ever, known in that part of the colony. The lire, which ■was ' caused by a child treading on a wax match, is still burning, and as the weather is hot it will continue unless rain falls, it is calculated that it will take two or three seasons to restore the grass to tho condition it was in previous" to the fire. 2Tev castle, January 4i The ship lolanthe has arrived safely, after a voyage of nearly ono hundred days from Brisbane. Adverse winds wero responsible for tho protracted voyage. ; Launcestox, January i. Up to date the Exhibition has been visited by 75,000 people.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9280, 5 January 1892, Page 2
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147AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9280, 5 January 1892, Page 2
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