AUSTRALIA.
C A BLE_NEWB,
rEEUTBB'S TELEGRAMS.] MELBOURNE, February 21. Interrupted. Tho Australian telegraph land lines are interrupted. AwardsThe following further Exhibition awards have been announced :—Second order of merit—B. Petersen and Co., Christchurch, for silver jug and cups; John Alves, Dunedin, for model aerial tramway. Third order of merit—Marcus Sandsteia, Christchurch, silver epergne; Puschell and Co. (?), Christchurch, paper pulp, &c, from New Zealand flax. Fifth order of merit —John B. Stansell, Christchurch, papier mache, <fec, from New Zealand flax. Honorably mentioned— Reid and Duncan, civil engineers, Danedin, plan of wire rope railway. MELBOURNE, February 22. The Suez Mail. Arrived—The P. and O. Company's steamship Brindisi, with the inward Suez mail. PedestrianismOwing to a misunderstanding, Swan, of New Zealand, and Baker have retired from the six days' walking contest, which is now proceeding. BRISBANE, February 22. French Convicts. Five escapees from New Caledonia have landed en Stradbrook Island, Moreton Bay, in a nude state and nearly starving. Their immediate arrest has been ordered by the authorities.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2182, 22 February 1881, Page 2
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