AUSTRALIA.
[Reuter’s Telegrams.] SYDNEY, Fbb. 14. Mr Fitzpatrick has been elected leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. Lady Robinson laid the foundation stone of the central tower of the exhibition building yesterday, in the presence of a large assembly. Serious bush fires are raging in the Albury district. Hennessy’s brandy—case, 84s; quarters, 9s 3d. Patna rice, £2O; kerosene, Is 8d to to Is 9d j New Zealand wheat, 4s 9d to 6s j New Zealand oats, 3s to 3s 3d ; Raven’s twist tobacco, Is 7d to Is Bd. MELBOURNE, Feb. 14. Arrived—Tararoa. ADELAIDE, Feb. 14, Flour, £l2los to £l3; wheat, 6s to 5s 2d. SPECIAL. SYDNEY, Feb. 14. A bushranger at Wagga stuck up a hawker, but was pursued and captured while selling the jewellery he, had stolen. The Bnliina was wrecked on Port Macquarie bar |no lives lost. The steamer hoe broken in two, j COOKTOWN, Fbb. 14. The French invalids have all been landed, and the deaths have ceaeed. Daly, master of the Heather Bello, was sentenced at Fiji to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of £l6O for illegally detaining islanders. ■ .
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5609, 15 February 1879, Page 5
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