SECOND EDITION,

Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 8, 11 January 1886, Page 3

SECOND EDITION,

A USTJtALIJN SUMMARY. O'ER B 8. ROTOMAHANA AT THE HUJFF ) |Bt Tklkqkapii.J IUMITKD PHBBB ASSOCIATION.] Meliiouiinj:, (sth Jnnnarv. Tho firo whiuh ooourrcil on Wocinepduy night nt the Melbourne Storago Work?, Yarra Hank, was finally put out at 0 o'clock on Thursday morning 1 . Tho damage in ostimutod nt over .£20,000, tho companies intarostotl boing tho Norwioh Union, London and Lancashire, and Qucon. Tho bulk of the doatroyod goods w<ib uninsured. Tho Queen oflico will bo oiled on to pay JC9OO, ami tho Norwich Union .£lOOO. Tho firo was originally cauaod by ntraw oatchin^ fire. A largo proportion of tho atoms being korcßcne, tho heat was intense. All tho firo briifados wore pros j nl., but could make no impression ULtil tho firo hud almost bnrnt itself out. A di'putn has taken plaoa between tho operativo plastoiors and their employcrn, which rosulted on Monday in 250 mon goini» on striko. The men inßist on a reduction of working hours from 43 por week to \i, at the Barao rato of wages, namely .£3 par week. The action of tho men cauaeu considerable inconvenience. Tho heat during the last few days has been intonso, and bußh fires have been reported in various parts of the colony. At Camperdown terrible bush fires raged all day, when tho wind changed, and tho township was filled with dense smoke. At Cobden Forest the flames spread to houpes and fences, which were destroyed. There ii ft groat quantity of damage dono in tho Capo Otway torcsts for mileß, oxtending down to Lome on the sea coast. Tho orops and fences belonging selectors have bcon destroyed, and an immense amount of property damaged at Colac. Tho smoke yesterday was so donse that artificial light was supplied to busmous plaooa during the day. Baron Yon Mnellor reoeived a telegram last evening from a camel driver named Tiillooh, who was with M Intyre in his exploring oxpodition of 18(JG. Tho tolegx-am, whioh ia Bent from Cloncurry, Noith Queensland, states that Billooh has found tho remains of the explorer Leiohardt.