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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 71, 28 March 1892, Page 2

Adklaide, March 27. lho first iuuiugs of the Englishmen olosed for 190, tho additional scores being Attewell 13, McGregor 31, wifch extras 13. lhe Australians' firafc innings olosed for 100 and consequently they had to follow on. At the close of the day's play tho Colonials had 8 wickets dowu for 12i runs. With ouly two wickets to fall, they require 275 runs to save a ono innings defeat. Owing to rain the wioket was bad and almost unplayable. Sydney, Maroh 27. ' lhe Government has appointed tho looal manager of tho Union Steamship Company of Now Zoaland one of tho New South Walos Commissioners to the Chicago Exhibition Advices reoeived from Gorman New Guinea Bhow that 300 out of 150 Chinese imported there to grow tobacco since Ootober havo died from fever, dysentery, or iufluenza. Several othor shipments havo also beon greatly thinned by death. A large number of natives reoruited from tho Bismarck ArohU pelago are alao dying afc a fearful rate. Several of tho stations have now been abandoned, and the German Company has spent up fco date quite half a million of money with bufc vory poor results, '