Australian News.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2869, 10 April 1888, Page 2

Australian News.

Sydney, April T. Typhoid fever is increasing in the Broken Hill district, and fifty oases were reported to-day. Extra nurses h.a.Ye heen subscribed for. Melbourne, April 7. A fire broke out at Eeid's Coffee Palace, Ballarat, last night. There were fifty lodgers on the premises, most of whom escaped in their nightclothes. One was severely burned, and another had his arm dislocated while escaping by means of a rope. One half of the palace was saved. The Inmates were imprisoned in the burning building by the falling in of the staircase, but a sailor, who happened te be in the buildjng, made ropes of the bed clothes, and succeeded in keeping moat of the rest cool till they were lowered. A few, however, leaped from the windows, and were hurt, The spectators for a long time feared that a number must be burned, Melbourne, April 9. A mass meeting of railway hands on Saturday, carried resolutions protesting against the administration of Mr Allison Smith, Assistant Locomotive Superintendent (formerly of Christ-, church, N.Z.) accusing him of causing an accident by altering the balancing of wheels, and viewing his retention in the service with alarm. A further resolution demanded that a Board of railway experts should enquire into his fitness, for the office,