AUSTRALIAN.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Reoeived August 5, 11.45 a.m.) Thursdat Island, This Dat. d An agitation is going on amongst the Japanese reßidnnts against any further influx of their countrymen. They consider that the result will be the reduction of the wages of those already in the country, beßides increasing the antagonism of Europeans towards the Japanese. Stdnkt, Thib Dat. The captain of the barque Excelsior reports a terrific passage. He never expected to reach port. Xho deck cargo w*s thrown overboard to lighten the vessel. She put into Norfolk Island for provisions, and sho encountered a terrible pale after leaving there. The vessel waa strained so heavily that it took the pnmps all their time to keep her free from water. Riohard'B store, Narrandera, has been burned, the damage being over .£IO,OOO. Brisbane, This Dat. Mr. Davitt, speaking at Bockhampton, promised the support of the Irish members for the objects of the Queensland Separation League. Adelaide, This Dat. Lyon, the Wellington murderer, has died in a lunatic asylum. Hobabt, Thu Dat. Tha Devonport has been refitted, and le&veß for Newcastle to load with coal for Auckland.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 31, 5 August 1895, Page 2
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186AUSTRALIAN. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 31, 5 August 1895, Page 2
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