AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
VICTORIAN BOWING CREW. Melbourne, February 9. The proposal to send an eight-oared crew home has not been taken up very warmly, and seems likely to collapse. DEATH OF HON. P. LALOR. Melbourne, February 10. Obituary: Hon. Peter Lalor, formerly Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. , THE VICTORIAN ELECTIONS. Melbourne, February 9. < The date of the general election is fixed for March 29. TRIAL OF THE MAXIM GUN. Melbourne, February 9. A trial was made yesterday with the Maxim gun, which has been on view in the Melbourne Exhibition, in the presence of the defence authorities from several of the colonies. The trial was eminently successful, extraordinary shooting being made.
THE SOUTH PACIFIC PETROLEUM COMPANY. Sydney, February 10. At the annual meeting of the Soutl» Pacific Petroleum Company (GisborneV; which had been adjourned from time to time, no business was transacted _ beyond the reading of the reports received from the manager of the springs. These gave full-emails as to borings at "work.' and were declared to be of a satisfactory nature. SHIPPING. ' Sydney, February 10. Arrived: The .'Frisco mail steame\ Zealandia, also > the Manapouri, from New Zealand via the East Coast.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9284, 11 February 1889, Page 5
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