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SriieiAL to Thij: Mail.. Melbourne, May 2. The news of the disaster to the Tararua has caused a great and painful sensation here. The Exhibition was closed on Saturday evening. The total admissions were 1,485,000.
From the Lyttelton Times.
Melbourne, April 20. The captain and owner of the steamer India, alius Ferret, which was seized by the Customs for sailing under a false register, is missing, and the crew have abandoned the vessel. They assert that they were threatened and forced to silence by the captain. They were engaged at Cardiff for three years, and went to the Brazils for a cargo of coffee, which was I sold at the Cape for £15,000. The name of the vessol was twice changed. Prom the Cape she proceeded to the Mauritius, and from there to this port, where the captain endeavoured to self (he vessel. It is proved that her papers have been forged. The owner of the steamer India has been arrested. hYONLY. April 20. A crowded and iroiaeiuial meeting we- held last night to dbet!'i< the present influx of Chinese. It was rejoiced to send a liepi'.thli'.'i! to the Covenneei.t to urge the necessity for repressive measures against Chinese immigration.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 501, 3 May 1881, Page 3
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206Telegraphic News. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 501, 3 May 1881, Page 3
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