AUSTRALIA.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2229, 10 May 1880, Page 3

AUSTRALIA.

[Beutee’s Agency.] An unpleasant Cargo. Mkluouexe, May 8, The barque 13incnden, which arrived from Java with serious cases of fever on board, has been placed in quarantine. Supposed Hoax. A bottle has been found on the beach at Portland containing a paper signed “ John Webster,” and dated February 251 h 1880, stating that the ship Knowsley Hall was wrecked on the Crozets ; that all on board perished except throe, who are destitute, and subsisting on fish. It is believed to be a hoax. Sabbatarian Agitation. Sydney, May 8. A crowded meeting, held last night, adopted resolutions denouncing certain clauses in the new Licensing Bill, which arc calculated to suppress Sunday lectures. The Hon Mr Bowie Wilson was in the chair, and Mr David Buchanan, M.L.A., Mr Charles Bright, the Free Thought lecturer, and the Bev. J. Bowie, spoke at the meeting. Fleecing a Slanderer. Gr. B. Dibbs, defendant in the great slander case, has been arrested, and his furniture attached for payment of Shopherd’s costs. Frozen Joints. Beisbane, May 8. A meeting was held here yesterday for the purpose of starting a Meat Freezing Company, towards which £50,000 has already been subscribed.