AUSTRALIAN.
[by electric telegraph —COPYßlGHT.] . [Reuter’s Telegrams.] SCULLING MATCH WITH HANLAN. Sydney, March 26. Hanlan, the Canadian oarsman, will shortly be matched against a local sculler for a thousand pounds (£1,000) a side. It is probable that Beach will represent the Colony, and that the match will be rowed on the Nepean river. THE FEDERATION QUESTION. In the Legislative Assembly last night a motion was passed to the effect that before any bill for the constitution of a Federal Council for Australia is passed into law by the Imperial Parliament, the measure must be submitted to the Parliament of this colony. Adelaide, March 25. The local breadstuffs market is quite with but little doing. The demand for flour is limited to actual wants. Adelaide wheat is quoted at £3 Ils. to £4 ; town flour, £9 10s. country brands, £8 10s. to £8 15s. ARREST OF A MURDERER. Melbourne, March 25. The police have effected the arrest of a man who is supposed to be the murderer of the farmer named Beech and his wife at Pettavel, near Geelong, in January last. The accused is known to have been a‘lunatic who effected his escape from the Yarrabend Asylum some time ago.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 93, 27 March 1884, Page 2
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200AUSTRALIAN. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 93, 27 March 1884, Page 2
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