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[Received August 1,2.15 p.m.] Mk&boubne, This day. ArriTed, this morning: Te Anaa, from the Bluff. Sailed, this morning: Manapouri, for the Bluff. Albany, This day. The summary of English News via Suez dated London June 29, give 3 the particulars of the collision between the ships Hurunui and Waitara in the English Channel on the 23rd ; the catastrophe was remarkable for its awful suddenness to both vessels. The Waitara sank in four.minutes, and the, momentary inter* looking of the yards of the tiro vessels enabled sixteen persons from the Waitara to Clamber aboard the Hurunui; otherwise all on the former vessel would hare perished. No steerage passengers were saved, and the Waitara was eogulpbbd before any boat could be launched to her.
[Received August 1,12.50 p.m.] Albany, Yesterday. Arrived, last evening : The P. and O. steamship Australia, with the inward Suez mail. > Melbourne, This day. The report that some of the Phoenix Park informers have arrived in Western Australia is generally doubted here. ' Hobaet, Yesterday. :l Several shocks of earthquake were felt to«day at Branxholme, in the north-east part of the colony. Pebth (West Australia), July 31. It has been ascertained that the report that four Phcßnix Park prisoners af rived 1 here under assumed names is without foundation. , Melbouene, Yesterday. The following horses have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup :—King Charles, Spread Eagle, Guesswork, Achilles, and Redbank. '• ■ -:'
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4547, 1 August 1883, Page 2
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230AUSTRALIAN. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4547, 1 August 1883, Page 2
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