AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
PROFITABLE RAILWAYS. THE RECENT FIRE ON THE STEAMER ORIENT. LOSS OF STOCK FROM DROUGHT. (Per Press Association.) This Day. The railway accounts for the past year show a surplus of a hundred thousand pounds over the working expenses. A Parsee merchant was fined i'4oo for introducing forty Indian labourers, contrary to the rules of the Imported Labor Act. Melhouiine, This Day. Examinations of the steamer Orient show the damage to the hull is trifling and she will continue her voyage to Sydney to-daj T . The Melbourne cargo was lauded before the outbreak. It is believed the Sydney cargo has suffered extensively, as the main hold was iiooded to a depth of twelve feet. The damage cannot bo ascertained till she arrives. Brisbane, This Day. The /southern portion of the colony is suffering severely from drought. Heavy losses of stock are reported in places. Sydney, This Day. Parliament will bo opened by commission to-day. Mr Lyne will probably be chosen leader of the Opposition.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 38, 13 August 1895, Page 2
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165AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 38, 13 August 1895, Page 2
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