An almost complete skeleton of the moa was recently discovered on the Hartington estate, at Foxton, Tho petrified hind legs of a cheep have been taken from a gold claim near King's Plains, near Bathurst. An entertainment in aid of the Wesleyan Church will be held on the 13th Inst. For smuggling jewellery ashore in Mel. bourne, from the R.M.s. Arcadia, a man named John Wright was fined £144. The committee of the Melbourne Hospital have appointed Dr Molloy medical superin. tendent, at a salary of £450 per annum. At the Black Lead mine, Gulgong, a man in a cage fell down the shaft, a distance of 200 feet, into 12 feet of water. He was rescued, and is reported to be only slightly suffering from the shock. Petitions have been presented to the Victorian Parliament asking for the introduction into the State schools of the Irish National Scripture lesson book, as used in New South Wales. . A Mrs Tuckwell has died at Parramatta, presumably from blood-poisoning by the bite cf a ep;4ar, The headless body of an underground mine tniuwger, named Wpoboek, has neon found In a but at Wye'a Owk (Victorio),
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 331, 30 July 1889, Page 2
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193Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 331, 30 July 1889, Page 2
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