AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
yy-r. — ; ■ ' <_i By Electro Telegraph.— Copyrigh! [PEE, UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.] y A V.A' <■ ■ Adkiaidb. January 10. The Broken Hill shares haye advanced from, £201 to £232. ; Other mines in sympathy have also increased.. Only a few shillings, have been paid up on the shares. SfDifßT, January 10. . A rich find haa been discovered in th« Broken Hill mine, which it is eatunate. will yield lOOoz to the ton. Kauri logs are quoted at 9a 6d ; fitches, : 12s 6d; flooring, first-clasa, 18a ; secondi class, unsaleable. The market gsnerallj ia overstocked. Information has been received that i , Mir Walker, who had been a settler al Mallioolo Island, went to Pentecost Island r labor recruiting, when the Natives eni tioed him _ anhore . and he fell into as ' ambush. The Natives opened fire and, he was wounded with rifle shot, and then being set upon he was killed with axes, j A Malhcolo Native who acoompanied him was also killed, but three others escaped j into the bush. Those on the ketch saw the murder perpetrated, but were powerless to prevent it. Several murders ar< known to have been committed at th< same spot. '
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 88, 12 January 1888, Page 2
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