AUSTRALIAN.
(Eeuteh's Special to Pjbess Agency.)
Melbourne, January 1. Champion Eace : Wellington, 1; Warlock, 2 ; Bosworth, 3 ; nine started. Time, smins 34secs. f . This day. Arrived: Kent. Magnificent weather for the Champion Meeting. A large attendance. Hurdles: Pioneer 1, Abdillah 2, Larrikin 3. Seven started. Jack Tar was the favorite but fell. Good race. Two year old:—South Hamilton 1, Geide Olgathack 2, Queen Bee 3. Fourteen started. A close finish.
The Plate:—Aconite won easily.* v Midsummer:—Aconite 1, Drum MVjor i|, Savanaka 3. 10 started. A fine race, won by two lengths. Sydney, Wednesday.
Mecca was wrecked on a reef near Thursday Island, where the crew and passengers landed, and from where they were brought off by the steamer Ocean, .bound to Sydney. About the same time as the Mecca was wrecked, the Ocean went ashore, but was got off'by the steamer Terranora. Sailed: Wakatipu.
This day. It is stated there is every prospect of a settlement of the dispute between the A.S.N. Company and the strikers, by mediation, t
For Tatersall's Cup Burwood was first, Melbourne second, Colima third. It was won by two lengths.
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3081, 2 January 1879, Page 2
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