Correction: THERE was an error printed in a story titled "Pigs float down the6 H& x' b9 j: h' r/ C
Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully. . S `$ U) E0 `( L* ?The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were# {9 l* o+ d3 j& u
floating down the Dawson River".# i! i. x" k" t \
What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and 2 F( M! A3 u8 W. D: ppigs", not "30,000 pigs".- T+ _! [; y; j5 x8 v& |
The Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today'3 K, B% H* I9 @# ]7 c( L
s Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was know.2 m5 J5 v* Q# m' I7 p+ h
' L' T3 L: z* M( m. d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。 & S/ ?+ ]6 G& J) j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 , G' O) @1 S' \3 ^2 R0 X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。