AUSTRALIAN.
(Received April Ist, 12.49 p.m.) Sydney, This day. Arrived, yesterday : Kingarooma, from Auckland.
Drought in New South Wales.
In consequence of the prevailing drought, the water supply to the city and suburbs of Sydney is now merely intermittent. Accounts from the country districts generally state that great distress prevails,' owing to the want of water. There is no present sign of rain. New Guinea. News from New Guinea states that the inland tribes there are engaged in a fierce war, and the Rev. Chalmers has pro* ceeded to the scene of hostilities to endeavor to restore peace. Melbourne, Yesterday.
Arrived, this afternoon : The P. and O. steamship Yaletta, with Brindisi.tnails dated London, February 22.
Preparations are being made for according a welcome on Wednesday next to the Eev. Dr Barry, before his depar« ture for Sydney. In a Gazette issued this evening, Sunday next, the 6th instant., is proclaimed a day of general mourning throughout the colony for the death of Prince Leopold. The proposed ban' _st to His Excellency has now been ibindoned.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4753, 1 April 1884, Page 2
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175AUSTRALIAN. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4753, 1 April 1884, Page 2
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