AUSTRALIAN
[By Submarine Cable.]
Melbourne, Tuesday.
Three prisoners have escaped from the Williamstown Gaol by forcing the casement.
A telegram states that the Loch Stuart, on her return voyage from Melbourne, was wrecked on the coast of Ireland, near Belfast. Tom Pearce, the survivor of the Loch Ard disaster, sailed aboard her. Adelaide, Monday. Millers’ prices for wheat are 4s. Bd. to 4s. BJd. in large parcels. Brisbane, Monday.
The members of '“ The Queenslander ” exploring expedition party reached Powell’s Creek in South Australia, They lived on game latterly. The party were unable to cross the dry swamps on account of the scarcity of water. Three horses were killed in attempting it, but relief was afforded by the occurrence of severe thunderstorms. The New Caledonian insurrection is languishing. Two tribes have surrendered, and have been sent to the Isle of Pines.
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Ashburton Herald, Volume I, Issue 248, 16 January 1879, Page 2
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