AUSTRALIAN.
f beuteb'b telegeams.] MELBOURNE, June 30. Defeat of the Government. In the Legislative Assembly last night the vote of want of confidence in the Ministry was carried on division by 41 to 38, excluding pairs. Messrs Mirams and Longmore voted with tho Government. Mr D. Gaunson voted againt them. A Cabinet Council is summoned for to-day to consider the position. It is expected thai Ministers will recommend the Governor to dissolve Parliament, but it is considered unlikely that his Excellency will accede to their request.
s Fire- * A destructive fir© occurred last night ' in Queen street, in the premises of Messrs , Feldheim, Jacobs and Co., tobacco imi r porters. It raged for some time, and ! completely gutted the building. t I The Royal Princes. A grand ball was given by the Mayor last night in the Town Hall to the Royal . Princes. Folly 2000 persons were present, and the affair was most successful. BRISBANE, July 1. The South Sea Island MurdersThe schooner May Queen, in addition to the news of the massacre of some of hor crew at the South Sea Islands, report that Mr Macdonald, recruiting agent there, was killed by the natives. The attack was, it is stated, entirely unprovoked.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2261, 1 July 1881, Page 3
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