AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
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Melbourne January 3. Tiik Hauroto, coming up Hobson's Bay yesterday, collided with the ship King Arthur. The ship was immediately toned to a place of safety and lightened. The Hauroto sustained no damage. Potatoes are commanding famine prices in Ballarat, and £22 per ton is now asked. Brisbane, January 3. Inconsequence ol the heat the death rate at Croy don is very heavy, and life insurance companies are refusing to insure residents, January 4. The drought is being severely felt in New Guinea, and there is a scarcity of f ood. It is anticipated that famine will the result during the year. A Cingalese, named Peter, has been :nnrdere.(f ;tt Chu'ters Towers, and two uuraotH, supposed to be connected with it, have been arrested. Pkrth, January 4. The Imperial Government has ordered the Executive Council to determine the merits of the petition of the Western an newspaper, impugning Chief Justice Onslow's partiality. It is considered here that the Home Government have practically ordered Mr Ouslow to be tried by his enemies. Adelaide, January 4. There is an alarming spread of codltn moth among the orchards.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2572, 5 January 1889, Page 2
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190AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2572, 5 January 1889, Page 2
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