AUSTRALIAN CABLE.
United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. ( Received January 23th, 9.30 a.m. i SEVERE DROUGHT. , J Sydney, January 23. ( The drought is very disastrous m < the Narrabri district. On a station i carrying 100,000 sheep, half the nura- , ber are dead. On smaller properties ' the losses are proportionate ; and many selectors are abandoning their holdings. Received January 24th, 1.15 a.m. , NEW GUINEA. Melbourne, January 23/ The Conference of Premiers of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland decided to continue to pay the cost of administration m New Guinea out of he accumulated surplus till March 31at. Another Conference will be held later on to decide future action. With reference to the cabled statement that the New Guinea Land Syndicate concession had been disallowed, the Premier of Victoria stated that nothing officially was known about it. !
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 2917, 24 January 1899, Page 3
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137AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 2917, 24 January 1899, Page 3
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