SYDNEY.
January 11. — The University Cricket match was won by Sydney, with nine wickets to go down. The Prince of Wales theatre, two hotels, and other buildings have been burned down. The loss is estimated at £40,000. The walls fell and injured several persons, three of them fatally. Fitzgerald's carriage factory has been burned down. It is reported that Webb's steamers will not return. Boyd, a laborer, has cut bis throat. Mauritius sugars have been sold at a decline of £l per ton. There is a division of opinion among the Anglican clergy as to the adoption of j the new lectionary recently sanctioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 17, 19 January 1872, Page 2
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109SYDNEY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 17, 19 January 1872, Page 2
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