DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[ (KEUTER'S TELEOKAM PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'.) Melbourne. October 25. Mata is now being backed for the Cup at 8 to 1, is doing well, and is considered first favorite. Mr. Howie's horse Faublas, which was engaged for the Melbourne Cup and Champion Race, but recently scratched for the former event, is dead. The Age to-day condemns the action of the Government in reinstating Benjamin Berry to his former position in the Civil Service. Mr. Berry makes his Budget statement in the Assembly to-morrow. Brisbane, October 25. A 96-ounce nugget has been found near the surface on China goldfields. It is reported that there are rich quartz reefs in the same vicinity, but official confirmation is required as to the truth of same.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 26 October 1880, Page 2
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