A USTRALIAN NEWS. (BY CABLE.)
Sydney, January 3. Owing to the high sea on th£ coast, the steamship Wotonga is rapidly breaking up, and all hope of saving her has been abandoned. The cargo and passengers' luggage are already lost. Mr J. H. Williams, United States Consul at this city, died to-day.
Adelaide, January 3. Arrived last evening : The Orient Company's steamship Garonne, from London via the Cape. She had two cases of small-pox on board, and has consequently been placed in quarantine. It has transpired that one death from amall-pox occurred on board the Orient steamship Garonne, before she arrived at the Cape. The vessel is now in quarantine.
Melbourxe, January 3. It has been arranged that a cricket match between the English and Australian Elevens shall be played, and the departure of the Union Company's steamship Arawata has been postponed in order that the English cricketers may proceed by her to New Zealand.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1483, 5 January 1882, Page 2
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155AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (BY CABLE.) Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1483, 5 January 1882, Page 2
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