AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.! fBEUTEBS TELEGRAMS.]
Sydney, January 8
The cricket match Shaw and Lilywhite's team v. the Australian eleven commenced to-day The Englishmen went first to the wickets and remained there all day, scoring 259 for the loss of 7 wickets. On resuming next day the Englishmen's innings closed for 280. The Australians oaly managed to put together 132 in their first innings. It is stated that if Mr Dibbs will not resign the Colonial Secretaryship, Sir P. Jennings will on Monday next tender the (iovernor the resignation of his Government as a whole.
The men hanged for the Mount Rennie outrage were buried by friends on Saturday last. January 10. Malone, the sprint runner, has challenged Hutchins, the English pedestrian, who is now in Sydney to run a quarter of a mile race. Intense heat has prevailed throughout Riverina for the last tew days, and an extensive bush fire is racing in the neighbourhood of tlie township of Touumwal, on the Murray. An unusual commotion in the sea has been observed at various points on tht< coast, and the weather generally be>ng calm, is regarded as betokening seme extraordinary disturbance. Mklboosnb, January 10. Tiie heat throughout Australia has beeu unprecedented, and two fatal rases of sunstroke has occurred in Melbourne to-day.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 80, 11 January 1887, Page 2
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