INTERCOLONIAL.
Thuhßdat Island, July 27. • 'Water is flowing in and oat the fore compartment of the Argas. Four hundred tons of ooa'i have been jettisoned. The wind -is freshening, and if it should increase it is anticipated that (he vessel will work badly on the reef. :, : '.;--■ Sydney, July 28. The smoke from- the Broken Hill mine greatly diminished on Saturday, and the outlook was so ntuo'h brighter that it was believed tbp fire was practically under. flowever, when the operation of fighting the fire was resumed - to-day, at first apparently only steam was issuing, but when two shafts were opened smoke immediately issued in large volumes, and it is apparent that the fire is still burning fiercely. The shahs' were at once closed and water again turned od, The fire is working from the northern to the southern portion ef the mine. The use of carbonio has not been retried. letters from the Bismarck Archipelago give paTtioqlarg of another horrible -s massacre at the Islands. The victims .•<2* were s boat's crew of natives ia the employ of a German trader of Nusa, New Ireland. Early in April, whilst away with the trader's boat, the native* were . captured by the bush tribes and butchered, gome of the bodies beinp, taken to the high lands for a cannibalistic feast. At about the same time Captain Brnne and and the native crew of the schooner Saga had narrow escape. The vessel was labour-recruiting at New Hanover, and while the boats were away the natives came off and made a determined effort to murder those left on board, also to capture the vessel. They actually rushed the captain and meD, bat fortunately the former managed to secure his Winchester, with which he cleared the natives off, otherwise all must have fallon vic- . tints. ... Bbisbane, July 27. Shearing has been resumed at Bowen Downs station, the kitchen' of which is guarded by the police. r '.. . . ADELAIDE, July 2jj. Miss Bamsay, one' oi the LusUania's small-pox patients, is recovering, and there is no farther sign of the disease.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 13, 30 July 1895, Page 3
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343INTERCOLONIAL. Mataura Ensign, Issue 13, 30 July 1895, Page 3
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