Correction: THERE was an error printed in a story titled "Pigs float down the : V( e8 u& T6 Y' \Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully.! B) }* T; Z ^. _
The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were 0 p7 x: E n( G( afloating down the Dawson River". # o- K* `4 F/ rWhat Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and ; w/ z( q9 D: ?# Vpigs", not "30,000 pigs".' J+ n/ H, v) k$ l# E* Q _( L
The Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today'/ |0 I$ h/ m1 t2 F% I
s Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was know. # _5 G8 T* I" R5 m2 J0 s- z2 W) q3 z& B/ {+ f
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。# O6 s2 Y/ S( V, e" f
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 : e; b! C; z$ \/ G. |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。