Correction: THERE was an error printed in a story titled "Pigs float down the * @9 J( o# h KDawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully.0 u/ y/ C& [' L2 B2 i* P9 `
The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were * w/ Y! j( I+ ^( P- p7 Tfloating down the Dawson River". 4 o- D1 L' w( vWhat Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and ; @9 j+ f: i8 s8 ypigs", not "30,000 pigs"./ c" L1 L9 D5 e
The Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today' 3 j% H# N# l$ is Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was know. ) D, W; i. v: j1 D/ T) B4 V5 H( c( p0 a% ?9 m! b, X; 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。 8 i9 i q% R6 h7 u; l" M& l8 p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 # j8 p1 t& ?! y. l0 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。