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[betjteb's TKLEGBAMS.I MELBOURNE, January 11. Conference Delegates. The South Australian, "West Australian, Tasmanian, and Victorian delegates to the inter-colonial Conference, leave Melbourne to-morrow for Sydney. Sailed —Ringarooma, for the Bluff. MELBOURNE, January 12. Arrival of the Suez MailArrived—The P. and O. Company's steamship Hydaspes, with the inward Suez mail, dated London, 3rd December. Total Loss of HerefordArrived—The Ae Anau, from the Bluff. All hopes of saving the Hereford have been abandoned. There are now 13ft of water in her hold. The Eleven. The Australian cricketers were passengers for New Zealand by the Ringarooma, which sailed yesterday. SYDNEY, January 12. Fire. The business premises of Becket, an American importer in Barrack street, were totally destroyed by fire last night, all efforts to subdue the flames being fruitless. Becket ordinarily slept on the premises, and as he cannot now be heard of, it is feared he perished in the fire. COOKTOWN, January 11. Native Atrocities. Farther news to hand confirms the information received yesterday of the massacre of the Chinese crew of the schooner Prosperity by the natives of Lowde Island, and states that the bodies were smoke dried, and the heads sent to the various villages.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2147, 12 January 1881, Page 2
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