AUSTRALIAN.
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COOKTOWN, Oct. 15 Captain Ai mit (the special correspondent of the Melbourne Argus) and Members of his expedition arrived here from New Guinea Only one of the party is free from fever Captain Arm it reports that Professor Durton who was accompanying him to New Guinea, succumbed to fever on the 26th of August
MELBOURNE, Saturday. Britisher and Iron Hand have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup News has been received from Wartah Bay, that Martin Wibiug, the Avoca gold robber, has been drowned there, he went out in a dfngy when drunk, and it is presumed the boat upset. The Argus to-day publishes a telegram from Captain Armit, announcing hi® return from New Guinea, ill with fever, and with all but one of his party suffering. Professor Denton, he states, died from exhaustion after a severe actack of fever.
The Victorian Amateur Turf Club Meeting took place to day. The fallowing was the result of the race for the Caulfield Guineas, one mile : Sardius 1; Delusion 2 ; Ike 3. Thirteen horses started. Sardius won easily. Time, Imin 46sec.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1369, 16 October 1883, Page 3
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184AUSTRALIAN. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1369, 16 October 1883, Page 3
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