AUSTRALIAN.
♦ SERIOUS FIRE IN SYDNEY. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A VINEGAR FACTORY. LOSS OF THREE LIVES. VISIT OF A RUSSIAN FLEET TO THE COLONIES. IaXTJTER'a TELEGRAMS, j Melbourne, This Day. Information has been received that five Russian men-of-war will shortly visit the colonies. Two of the vessels are, it is stated, under orderß to proceed direct to Auckland. Stdnet, 18th November. Arrived, yesterday evening — Uuion Company's steamship Hero, from Auckland. Kerosene (diamond), per gallon, la 2§d; Devoe's, Is 3^d. New Zealand oats, per bushel, 2s 9d. Tobacco (Raven's twist), per lb, Id 6d. Candles (D.R.J.'s). per Ib, 7fd ; D.R.O.'s, 7*d. A serions fire occurred to-day at Messrs. Kingston's drapery warehouse, in GeorgeBtreet. The insurance on the stock and buildings include J2lOOO in New Zealand offices. Three workmen wore suffocated to-day by the fumes from vinegar vats at Monk's works. Adelaide, 18th November. Wheat, per bushel, 53 to 5a Id. The market ia dull. Town flour, per ton, .£l2 ; country branda, <£11 sa. Freight* to the United Kingdom have advanced 23 6d, and are now quoted at 50a from Adelaide, and 52s 6d from outposts. This Dat. The South Australian Parliament has been prorogued.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 120, 19 November 1881, Page 2
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192AUSTRALIAN. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 120, 19 November 1881, Page 2
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