AUSTRALIAN.
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SYDNEY, September 1. Owing to bad weather in the southern States communication with Ade-
At the inquest on James Cockery A woman somnambulist walked along the railway^line at Narrobri, and was knocked down by a train, a leg being iilriiost severed.
During a performancs at Orange, a gale blew down Wirths' circus tent. A wild scene or disorder followed, in which eight persons were injured. Owing to a tap being left running on the floor above, £500 worth of stock was damaged m the warehouse of Groves and Co.. York Street.
MELBOURNE, Septembpr 2. Several timber vessels are blocked owing to a strike of stackers on the question of rates of pay. Tho stevedores have struck in sympathy. .
KAXGOOLIE, September 1. Walter Douglas, and a girl named Ella Wavth, were found dead together in their lodgings', with a "discharged revolver alongside them. It is suspected to be a caso of murder and suicide. ADELAIDE, September 2. Rain is general throughout South Australia.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 3 September 1908, Page 7
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