AUSTRALIA.
[SPECIAL.]
SYDNEY, Feb. 3. Owing to the heavy rain the English match at Bathurst was not played out. The body of Captain Fraser, who was burned aboard the brig Iserbrook six weeks ago, was discovered on Saturday, when the vessel was pumped out. It was almost unrecognisable. It is ramoured that Mr Weld, of Tasmania, will be our new Governor. A man named Wilson, alias Smith, was arrested aboard the Francis Thorpe, from London, on Saturday, on a charge of fraudulent insolvency at Hull. BRISBANE, Feb. 3. Mr Thompson, Minister of Justice, has been re-elected for Ipswich by a majority of 14. The prize essay was awarded to Carl Fieldburg, a popular journalist. An aboriginal has been arrested for a murder committed in 1866. MELBOURNE, Feb. 3. A scandal in connection with the Reform League is reported. An officer is alleged to have accepted £IOO to get a person appointed a Magistrate, More corruption in the Land office is also alleged. ADELAIDE, Fbb. 3. Breadstuffs are unchanged.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5599, 4 February 1879, Page 5
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