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Press Assoclation-Ry Telegraph-Copyright HEAVY BAIN IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY v JuIy 30. The weather has cleared; 8.23 inches of rain, fell in Sydney in two d;iys. This is the greatest fall in the time since 1889. Received 10 p.m.,. July 30th. A PROSPEROUS YEAR. The railway and tramway revenue for the year ended 30th . June was £5,956,000, and. the surplus £648,356 over the working expenses aJid interest. A BIGAMIST RELEASED. MELBOURNE, July 30. J. B. ? Atholwood, the actor, who ' was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for bigamy, will be : released to-morrow, owing to ill health. DISCOVERY OF COAL. An important discovery of- anthracite coal has. been made near Mirboo. The outcrop reveals a seam 2 feet 3 inches thick. » A MEAT TRUST.V PERTH, July 30. Owing: to a combine controlling the State's meat supply and raising prices, the Government has appointed 1 a. Royal Commission to deal with the ■ matter.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13660, 31 July 1908, Page 5
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