AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
MELBOURNE, February 5. From tlio heat of the weather everywhere sickness is prevalent, especially among children. An opideniic is feared. ADELAIDE, February a. The Government contracts further include a proviso against the employment of Chinese. Wheat and flout have a downward tendency. SYDNEY, January 5. A leading Chinese merchant has interviewed the Colonial Secretary, and offered co-operation to suppress the vice and immorality of the lowor classjof Chinese. Sir Henry Parkes promised to consult the InspectorGeneral. He disclaimed joining m indiscriminate attacks on the Chinese character. MELBOURNE, February (5. Sir B. O'Loghlen, Acting Premier, stated m his speech yesterday that he hoped the Prince of Wales would open the Melbourne Exhibition. Tho work of clearing- tue site has commenced. Terrific fires are raging m Gippslaud, Cape Otaway, Ballaral, and Sandhurst districts. Immense damage has been done, and whole towns have with difficulty been saved. Melbourne is euveloped m deuse smoke like Black Tursday, and the heat is intense. There is much uneasiness m commercial circles, m apprehension of further failures. , — * : —
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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1031, 8 February 1879, Page 2
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172AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1031, 8 February 1879, Page 2
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