AUSTRALIAN CABLE.
Melbourne, April 3. It has been ascertained that the pent gun disaster «c Qaeensciffe was Hoa to the concussion arising from the force used in closing the breech block firing the sensitive percussion tube, which was necessary to ignite the charge. Sydney, A.pri! 3. It has suggested that the missing barque Rose M. has been driven ashore on Eizibeth reef, about 300 miles off ihe coast, and that is is worth ascerUining whether her crew have baen cast away there. April 3. A black, who has been under arrest for the brutal murder of another nnn at Niguman, has confessed the crime, He staied that they were quarrelled over unionism. The intercolonial University eight-bar race was rowed yasterJay, and was won by Sydney Uuivershy by 6 lengths ; Melbourne second, and Adelaide third, lime —17 min 20sec,
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2185, 7 April 1891, Page 1
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138AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Temuka Leader, Issue 2185, 7 April 1891, Page 1
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