CALOGRAMS.
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LATEST.
AUSTRALIAN.
Melbourne, February 17. The Victorian Parliament has been further prorogued to April the 4th. Cavile swims ten miles in the Yarra on Saturday.
Sydney, This day.
Over six hundred workmen fire em* ployed erecting the Exhibition building. Bapid progress is being made.
Brisbane, This day.
At a meeting of squatters yesterday it was resolved to subscribe the capital necessary to float a Compressed Meat Company. ,/ ;
Sydney; February 15. , Many miles of fencing have been destroyed by fire on the Upper; Murray. •
A Mauritius telegram states that a thousand bags of sugar have been char* tered for Melbourne and a thousand for Sydney; half the latter refining. The market has advanced from 10 to 15 cents.
The New South Wales Government have notified that they intend to withdraw the surplus from the banks. >,:■,•
: Five hundred and sixty men are working at the Exhibition. \ t The missing boat of the Zeranfi, with nine of the crew, has been picked up on the coast, all well.
A hot pursuit of the Kellys is or* gariised. '<• ]"■ ..•■-,': ; ;
The Government are inviting the Prince of Wales to the Exhibition. Four acres, have been granted for the Paris balloon.
Hennessy's brandy in case, 34; quarters, 9s 3d; Patna rice, £20; kerosene, Is 8d to Is 9d; New Zealand oats; 3s to 3s 3d; Havens' twist tobacco, Is 7d to Isßd.
Adelaide, Saturday. Flour, £12 10s to £13; wheat, 5s to 5s 2d.
Melbojene, Saturday. Mr King, member of the Assembly, is dead. '"':.'■■ ■■■- .. ; "■"'■'■
The, Glasgow Bank relief fund amounts to £1,100.
The Ministerial candidates will proably jsucceed at Footscray and West Bourko. ;;" -,-.
"iA bushranger at Wagga stuck-up a hawker. However, he was subsequently captured selling stolen jewellery.
The Balina, steamer, bound to Sydney, has been wrecked on Port Macquarrie bar. No lives were lost. The steamer was broken in too.
Daly, master of the Heather Bell, has been sentenced at Fiji to six months' imprisonment, and a fine of £150, for illegally detaining Islanders.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3121, 18 February 1879, Page 2
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334CALOGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3121, 18 February 1879, Page 2
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