SPECIAL CABLEGRAM.
i ❖ ■ [ri;r>M on: own <-i.ii:iii-:.si , on"liext.J jo I Di'NKriix, May 15. I The following sp' eial cablegram lias (been received by the Star : j I ?.li:!.t'.o("::NK. Slav 14. The barijiii- Alexandra, from Sydney tu | Timor, has been burnt at sea. The crew ! were saved. " j Jn Sydney breadsiulis r.re easier. I «vi..vkv. M«y 15. j The case, Eales v. J livwu. colliers, in i v.liich L1.U'.).0'.i ; .» damages were claimed, j has ended in a verdict for {he defendant. Mr. Miehie and Sir Julius Yogel have met. and laid n practical cable plan before the Conference. They propose that the Cohmies should purchase all lines at acost of Ll.7oii.OOU, and to duplicate the New Zealand line to Tasmania, at a cost to New Zealand of L-00.0U0.' The Conference is favorable. The Torres Straits mail has arrived at Cook-town. Harrowiii!,' details are 'riven of the Chinese famine. Human iLsii is selling largely. By a cyclone SOOO were killed. The crew of tiie Alexandra barely escaped, for live minutes after they left Iter the vessel exploded from spontaneous combustion. Captain JlobinHon and his brother have been murdered, at IVrr L)...vwin, and their vessel seized. Liable, u natives were • killca ' _____________
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 634, 15 May 1878, Page 2
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198SPECIAL CABLEGRAM. Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 634, 15 May 1878, Page 2
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