AUSTRALIAN.
[__EB FXBBS ASSOCXATIO-r.) Received October 25th, 1 pan. i_is.,:EG^iA. Stdnbt, October 25. H.M.S. Egeria, which was at Tonga, has been ordered Home. BURNED TO DEATH. Melboubnb, October 25, During a torchlight procession at Malvern last night the box fireman's clothes caught fire. He was carrying a quantity of compound colored tires whioh ignited, and burned fiercely. The poor fellow was terribly burned before death put an end to his sufferings.
Received October 86th, H5 a_n, RIFLE SHOOTING. Stdnbt, October 25. The rifle championship of New Soutli Wales was won by Private Kennedy. STONEWALLING IN QUEENSLAND.
Bfi-SBAjra, October 25. •3*he Queensland Legislative Assembly baa sat continuously for twentyfour hours, stonewalling a loan for railway purposes of j61,0Q0,000. TH£ DUNEDIN EXHIBITION. Melbouiujb, October 25. The idea of forming a party of members of Parliament to charter a steamer to visit the cities of New Zealand during the Exhibition has been abandoned; owing to a division of opinion on the propriety of inviting ladies to take part in the exoursion.
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7451, 26 October 1889, Page 5
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