AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. Sydney, January 7.THE three-masted, schooner Heath was •wrecked near Broken Bay, north of Sydney. Two seamen, named Ohlsen and Stevenson, were drowned, and the others suffered severely from exposure. RECOVERY OF THE BUSTER. Sydney, January 7. The schooner Buster, laden with dynamite, which was dismasted and abandoned in a gale, off Gabo Island, has been recovered by the steamer that went in search of her, and brought safely into port. THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION, Melbourne, January 7. The official returns show that the attendance at the Exhibition up to date numbers 1,489,000. The receipts are £26,238. POTATOES AT FAMINE PRICES. Sydney, January 7. Potatoes have reached famine prices, and are selling at sixpence per dozen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9255, 8 January 1889, Page 5
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