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Received December 1, 8.49 a.m
SYDNEY, December 1. The bu^li fires in the Condobolin districb swept an area of over 100 miles. It is estimated that 400,000 acres of gresa and much fencing and crops were destroyed. The Government have granted'permission to stockowners to conduct, at their own expense, experiments in Dr Danyszs' methods of exterminating rabbits. An cislsand is to be set aside for the purpose. There is £48,000 still owing to th© Government for seed wheat advanced to farmers during the last drought.
MELBOURNE, December 1. The Court found Captain Mylius, master of th© La...Bella', guilty of gross misconduct in attempting to enter without a pilot, suspended his certificate for twelve months, and ordered him to pay £28, the ocet of the inquiry. BRISBANE, December 1. Inclement weather interfered with the arrangements for th© welcome of Lord Chehnsford and party. However, th©re was a large crowd present. •MELBOURNE, December 1. The Government Statist estimates th© wheat yield of the State at 21,543,000 bushels, an average of 10.03 per acre. BRISBANE, December 1. The body of a can© cutter named James Ryan has been found near McKay with ihis throat cut and head gashed. There ane evidences of a brutal murder having 'bean committed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12668, 2 December 1905, Page 5
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