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[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. INSURANCES ON MOREHEAD'S STORE, BRISBANE. WRESTLING FOR THE CHAMPION: SHIP OF THE WORLD. (Received August 1, 3.30 p.m.) Sydney, August 1. The City of Sydney arrived from Auckland this morning. The Union Company's steamship Hauroto sails to-night for Wellington. Brisbane, August 1. The insurances on Messrs Morehead's stores, which were burned yesterday, are as follow :—Commercial Union, £1000; Queen, £63,000 [? £6000]; Alliance and British, £SOOO each; Royal, £4000; Northern and Union of New Zealand, £3OOO each: Colonial Mutual and New Zealand, £2OOO each. (Received August 3, 0.30 a.m.) Melbourne, August 1. A wrestling match for the championship of the world took place to-night at the Exhibition Building, when Professor Miller, of Melbourne, defeated Donald Dinnie, the well-known Scottish athlete.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2766, 3 August 1885, Page 2
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