AUSTRALIAN.
Press Associalioii-By Telegraph-Copyright, CONVICTS AT' NEW CALEDONIA. . SYDNEY, Nov. 5.
News from New Caledonia states that tli© female. • convicts sent out for petty crimes are to be" returned'' to;.-France in small batches, It is " surmised . that this repatriation may be 'the. beginning of a general scheme. .It is reported that male convicts under the 'age v of 50, who have not less than .a three ye'ais' sentience to undergo, will ~be sent to French G-uiiuia. At present "there ire"' 'alrotifc J 1606 male convicts wi th about-an-equal-rpuimbeir of recidivistes, 'or. incorrigibly.''J' From . January next the local, troops* will, be' reduced ( to* compaiiy . 'of;! iy and thirteen men ' of 1 thfe strength of "the''troops will be •made up by local l-ecruits. \. , ...
POIgpNOtTS THISTLES. ; Further' ; ii^-e^glition , ''confitai i ß,' the first theory that the cattle ~Walcha, tstation died "from eating' thirties. ...■'
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13435, 6 November 1907, Page 5
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140AUSTRALIAN. Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13435, 6 November 1907, Page 5
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