AUSTRALIA.
[Special to Press Association.}
[Beoeived March 80, at Vißo juu.l PREPARING FOR A RAID. SYDNEY, Mabch SO. News has come from the Solomon Islands that the natives of the middle group are actively preparing for another raid on the natives of the neighbouring islands, ami it is feared that much bloodshed will again result. PRECIOUS STONES. ADELAIDE, Mabch SO, Specimens of true corundum have been found in the Central Australian fields, where also favourable indications were discovered of the existence of rabies, and probably of diamonds. [Received April I, at 1.80 a.tn.J THE BULLI COAL MINE. SYDNEY, Mabch 81. It is now believed that the jamming open of doors in the galleries of the Bulli coal mine was due to carelessness on the part of workmen, and that there was no attempt made to allow explosive gases to accumulate. SAMOA. The information of the severe hurricane at Samoa, attended with sad loss of life and destruction of property, has caused a great sensation throughout Australian There is no sign of H.M.S. Calliope, which left Apia shortly after the storm for this port.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 8756, 1 April 1889, Page 4
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