Correction: THERE was an error printed in a story titled "Pigs float down the/ o$ x, c s1 o, N$ r+ F
Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully.- _. U$ r( o& H ~$ K2 d
The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were / ]7 N! s& e# b0 ^ K4 Sfloating down the Dawson River".3 c1 F2 @2 O+ C) @+ J9 Z. E
What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and$ Z8 L8 O2 X* u9 L: x `" c
pigs", not "30,000 pigs".$ ?0 c' J$ Q# U3 W" W6 m- e7 M) ~
The Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today' 0 x( d3 ~: p7 c& V5 zs Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was know. ; r% y' H( M0 r6 i$ z$ [2 R* c+ L- E. U0 L8 P
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。7 r1 f! n# `5 A% b. U9 s. n
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 " O% G, V" Q& Y% P' ^6 H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。