Correction: THERE was an error printed in a story titled "Pigs float down the: u* t7 x9 P6 B' T4 ^' {4 p
Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully.& F6 A3 @2 V: L: o) _' x1 V3 z- S: ]
The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were( }3 `, r8 M# |1 _
floating down the Dawson River".5 g- S4 e' y8 l. B' e
What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and% ?9 A3 n4 `+ @1 c
pigs", not "30,000 pigs". 6 c8 l8 B' D( c/ z9 L' N; hThe Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today' 2 X) {4 x( S# Y$ A4 T) k Bs Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was know. ^1 R% X. U) m0 s
. W5 s6 r7 d r; [9 |$ M W上面是澳大利亚国关于发洪水的一个新闻更正。前一个新闻说据某某报道,洪水冲走了3000 头猪。 3 g) N1 P. q/ h更正说,不是3000头猪,是30头 母猪和小猪。sow是母猪的意思。sows and 与thousand发音 * h* M2 d- S, \5 K' ^) }很像,记者一心想写轰动性的新闻,于是3000头猪就被冲进了Dawson River。