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Sydney, Maroh 25. Tho following news from 'Noumea' is to band:—The local steamer Caledonian has been wrecked in a hurricane, and one passengordrowned. The Majors, which left Newcastle in January with coal £oi' Noumea, is believed to have foundered with all hands. Thursday Island, March 25. The British • India Company's steamer Buncoora, laden with coal for Singapore, ran aihore on Angelica Beef, near Batavia, She was towed off, but has not since been reported, and it is feared she has foundered. Brisbane, March 25. A Kanaka has been arrested for the murder of Captain Kane and three men belonging to the Becbe-de-mer boat, Wild Duck, twelve months ago. Ho confessed that the black crew decided to murder the whites, and did so with tomiihaivks, They then seized the vessel, but afterwards abandoned her. Melbourne, March 25, 150 men have struck work at the Phcenix Foundry, Ballarrt, for higher wages. Since December 2225 cases of typhoid fever have been reported in Melbourne and suburbs', of which 246 proved fatal.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3163, 26 March 1889, Page 2
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169Australian. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3163, 26 March 1889, Page 2
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