WAR IN AUSTRALIA.
PITCHED BATTLE BETWEEN MONGOLIANS: ' "'^'
,-,,. , , Saturday. r . News' has. just .',been,,,receivecrof '-* serious disturbance, at the Kilmer rush oh Ihe'lsth August,' between the'Chinfeie natives of ■ Macaoo and- Canton. Bight hundred halires of Macaoo and '600 of Canton rolled up,' both contingents well armed with guns and revblfers.' Awert melee ensued,, in which, tw6 were-killed,-and. a large 'number wounded,., sopao seriously. A number of native .police, were despatched, by, "Warden .Selheitn ta . the scene, and they succeeded, after aome trouble^ in arresting the ringleadera,, why hare each been sentenced- tor,pix months' imprisonment. .»It. is • «upposod the origin of the Vow. wa* owing .to,a notorious gambler named Ah &*e :letting claims to tbb enemies ftt.six shillings.per head. ' Several Europeans took "part in the'fight, either for plunder •or 'pleuftw; Order has partially been restbrjed,' 1 bat there are still signs 'of great enmity be-; ' tween the two tribes. ,' ' '' '"','";' .
The Cologne Gazette states that every evening Prince -William < of Prussia, the eldest son of the German Crown Prince,: now a student' at Bonn, may be rseen, .rowing '-'on-' the" rite between' Bonn and Plittersdorf'with a friend and;felloir tt«^ ■dent, who is a native of, Hamburg, in &. jhandsome little, two-bared; boat, a present ito ' Hue PriiW' from his 1 grand mother,. ;Queen'Victoria.' 'Brinee rWillf»m rh Tai acquired great proficiency ia the use of hisoar and pulls a great stroke. Not long: ago he and his friend did the distance; between Coblentz and Boon ia five houn»
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2982, 5 September 1878, Page 2
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242WAR IN AUSTRALIA. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2982, 5 September 1878, Page 2
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