INTERCOLONIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 7773, 19 November 1888, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] [Per Press Association;] A FATAL FRAY. Melbourne, November 19. (Received November 19,1888, at 1.30 p.m.) On Saturday night an encounter took place in Little Bourke street between the Chinese and some larrikins. One of the former was held down by a laborer named Cutter, who jumped on the Chinaman's chest and killed him. Cutter has been arrested. A NARROW ESCAPE. Melbourne, November 19. A tradiag schooner foundered in a squall off St. Leonards, a small fishing village in Hobson Bay. The crew made for the top of the rigging, where they remained some hours before being rescued. Owing to the sea the rescue was accomplished with difficulty. FIRE IN MELBOURNE. Melbourne, November 19. The Federal Timber Yards have been burned, also part of Langland's Foundry, and a quantity of valuable machinery damaged. The fire spread to a row of cottages on the bank of the Yarra, which were completely gutted. The sparks flew a great d'stance, and four tires broke out in the suburbs, apparently all from the sparks from the first fire. Great damage has been sustained. THE CABLE ROUTE. Melbourne, November 19. Sir Henry Parkes has informed the Premier that New South Wales is in favor of the colonies combining with Canada and Great Britain for a complete survey of the Pacific cable route as early as possible. THE DROUGHT. Brisbane, November 19. On the Darling Downs, especially in the neighborhood of Dalby, stock are dying fast, and a water famine is imminent. MINING IN NEW GUINEA. Brisbane, November 19. Most of the miners at Tudest Island (New Guinea) are down with malarial fever and suffering great hardships. The value of the field for alluvial working is considered small, though rich specimens of gold have been found freely scattered over a belt of country six miles in width.