AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 45, 21 January 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Horrible Case of Cannibalism.

The following cannibalistic incident is related by tho Oootamuridra nvindra Herald [:— " Two men quar-. relied at Murruniburrah on Boxing 1 Day over the sports there, one being a pedestrian and the other a member of the committee of handicappera. The former m trying to escape a savage attack by 'the latterjhad to mount a fenco; as he was getting over, the committee man seized the pedestrian* calf with his teeth and worried it like a dog! till he tore away a good mouthful of flesh."' • ';' A gtiower of Bed Dust. A phenomenon of a rare kind (says the Tarn wprth News) took place injthe Uralla district on Thursday weet m the shape of a fall of impalpable dust, of a reddish brown colour, which quickly enveloped everything exposed to its influence. The dust continued \6 fall throughout the day, the atmosphere i especially m the' morning, presenting the same appearance as that usually, seen m foggy or drizzly weather. Water exposed to the falling dust changed to chocolate hue, and many who had linen drying on their lines were compelled to subject it to a second washing to get i rid of tlie.dust. Owing 1 to the strange j visitation, the sun and'themoon seemed j to be obscured m a greenish haze. Some of the dust was sent id the" Government astronomer, and the Ural la Times publishes the fqUowJug leter j — Sydney Observatory, December 20, 1883. " H. Roman, Esq., J.P. My Dear Sir, — I am very " much, obliged tq you for sending me the red dust; it appears to be just the same as that which' fell m the southern parts of the colony B,'om.e time sjnpe. Jt prqb^bly coiues from, sorne dried Hip lagoon in' the; in> •• terior, from Which m the first) instance \i -wag Carried up by a tfhirlwiml, and then, 'travelled, a yery Jong way -before the rainstqrra broaght it down, at Uralla;'-;