AUSTRALIAN. [REUTERS TELEGRA MS.] Sydney, August 11.
Fears are entertained th.it the German corvette Augusta, while on her way to Sydney with relief crews for the Germ.m vessels on the Australian station, has foundered at sea, as no tidings have been heard of her. Two more cases of small-pox, of a less dangerous nature, however, than the first one discovered, have broken out on board the s.s. Oceanic. The patients are being put on shore at the North Head quarantine station. Melboukxk, August 11. It is undei stood that a bill accepting the proposals of the Federation Enabling l»ill, will be presented to the Victorian Parliament •with the least possible delay. I Tho omnibus drivers' strike has not been resumod, the company having agreed to reinstate the men from time to time as vacancies occur.
(Rccchcd August 12 li, 2 15 p n.) jMklboukxk, August 12. Arrived, this morning : The s.s. llotomahana from the Bluff. Adelaide, August 12. The drought has ;it length broken up, and r.iin has fallen in many parts of the colony. More is repuired, however, and next season's wheat crop is expected to be only slight, owing to the lateness of the rainfall.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2044, 13 August 1885, Page 2
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197AUSTRALIAN. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Sydney, August 11. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2044, 13 August 1885, Page 2
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