AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
;FIKE ON VESSELS. THE SHEEP DIP THEORY. Received June 19, 10.13 a.m. SYDNEY, June 19, The opinion of the local wool experts is opposed to the. London suggestion that the fires among the wool oargoeu were the result of sheep dips. It is pointed oat that sheep are dipped immediately after they are shorn, sj that even if the dips contained ingredients of a combustible nature they would be evaporated before the next shearing. It is hinted that the suggestion in regard to dips may have emanated from some interested quarter. The more general opinion favours the theory that the fires were oaused by dampness on the wool. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. Received June 19, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, June 19. Speaking at AracliffH, Mr Oarruthers,' the State Premier, announced that the Lands Department would be placed under missioners. He olaimed. that the Government's oloser settlement policy had placed 15,000 people on the land. He also predioted that there would be a surplus at the end of the year of £1,000,000, after paying £l5O 000 off the sinking fund.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8162, 20 June 1906, Page 5
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