AUSTRALIA.
[special to globe.] SYDNEY, August 4. ATTACK ON A MISSIONARY STATION. The Guinea Natives combined in a ferocious attack on the Missionary settlement. The Missionaries escaped miraculously. A BISHOP ON EDUCATION. Bishop Vaughan has replied to the Pross on the subject of education in a series of lectures. ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR. Lord Loftus has received a splendid reception. THE EXHIBITION. There is a groat influx of foreigners to see the Exhibition. The French man-of-war Phryne has arrived full of exhibits. ARRIVAL OE BISHOP OF MELANESIA. The Garonno has arrived at Adelaide from London, forty-five days, with 415 passengers. Among them is Bishop Selwyn. [BETJTEB'S TIIESBAMS.] SYDNEY, August 4. Arrived—Zealandia, from Auckland. The floods at Tarnworth have subsided. ARRIVAL OF LORD LOFTUS. The official landing of Lord Loftus takes place to-morrow. SYDNEY, August 2. Arrived—Steamer Meinier from China with a cargo of teas for New Zealand and Sydney.
Serious floods are reported from Tamworth. Sailed —Rotorua for Auckland. Hennessy's case brandy, 325; Now Zealand wlieat, 4s 7d per bushel; oats i 2s 6d; maize, 2s 6d; Sugar Company' ■ No. 1, £35; candles, 8d to S£d per lb rice, tobacco, and kerosene uncbanged. ADELAIDE, August 1. Wheat, 5s 5d per bushel.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1702, 4 August 1879, Page 2
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