AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(Per City of Sydney via Auckland.) Australian dates to 24th. There has been great destruction of property at Wallend, Newcastle, owing to the falling in of a coalpit. The Wesleyan Chapel ipa.ppew*ed» w<l Wa.tlsiss Hotel ssfctic4
down. The streets are full of great openings. Considerable alarm prevailed in the district. Brisbane. The Exhibition was attended by 20,000 visitors in two days. The Governor of Queensland and Commodore Hoskins attended a ball at Brisbane in aid of the Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals. All business places at- Gulgong were closed for a day of humiliation and prayer for rain. Tliomas Walker, formerly undertaker and member of the Sydney Municipal Council has established his title to propei*ty hi Wales to the value of a million sterling. Melbourne. The land tax resolution has been carried. The attempt to float the City of Foochoo is abandoned. In reply to a question, the Government said they were determined to carry out protection in its cntirity.
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 991, 29 August 1877, Page 2
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