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FrKciAi, to Tkk M.»il, Stdnev, March 7. * Arrived, Wakatipu, from Wellington, yesterday. Authentic information has been received here from Mount Joole goldfield in the GiO) f Ranges ; 500 men are there, nnd perfect order prevails, but the Chinese have been denied access to the ground. Tho average yield up to the present has been an ounce nnd a half per load. It is stated the field is considered untenable unless rain falls, as water is very short. Only twenty of the minors are known to be on gold. Melbourne, March 5. A company is being formed here to undertake the refining of sugar. The capital will be £100,000. I* March 6. As the turret ship Cerberus was practising yesterday in Port Philip she was suddenly blown up by a torpedo. Five men on board were blown to atoms, only up, vyk& saved. March 8. Correction rendered necessary by mutilation of the original Melbourne telegram in transmission. For news as issued, read—" As the turret ship Cerberus was practising yesterday afternoon in Port Philip, one of her gigs .-*"• \jh it'll was out was suddenly blown up by a torpedo. Five men were blown to atoms, but one escaped." Details regarding the Cerberus di aster - state that the gig left the ship at the Heads'to explode a charge, and that during the preparations nil car fouled the wire, and although the battery was not connected an explosion was caused, and (as already reported) Iho boat and all of its occupants save one were blown f.o atoms.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 485, 8 March 1881, Page 3
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258AUSTRALIAN NEWS Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 485, 8 March 1881, Page 3
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