AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Press ion.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright,
[Received November 25, 12.50 a.m.]
COLLAPSE OF A BUILDING, , Sydney, November 24. An hotel at the Haymarket, which was in course of demolition, collapsed tonight, and partially wrecked an hotel opposite, and a shop adjoining. So far as is at present known no one was fatally injured.
MURDER OF AN OLD MAN. Melbourne, November 24. A horribly mutilated corpse of an old man has been found in the Yarra River, but there is no clue as to the person at whose hands he met hi& death.
THE CANADIAN MAIL ROUTE. Melbourne, November 24. _ The question of establishing a mail service between here and Vancouver Island, via New Zealand, is engaging the attention of Mr. J. G. Duffy, Post-master-General. THE NEW HEBRIDES. Sydney, November 24. H.M.s. Royalist has returned from a cruise among the New Hebrides islands, and reports having punished the natives of several villages where massacres were committed. The captain states that there is abundant room on the islands for enterprising English people to settle, but lie is of opinion that until the land tenure and the inter-island labour traffic are further looked into Englishmen will hesitate to compete with the foreigners who are at prevent working under more advance;" ous laws.
AUSTRAL WHEEL RACE. Melbourne, November 24. Austral wheel race, two miles, SOOsovs, was run on the Scotch College track on Saturday, and resulted as follows :— Busst, 1 ; C. W. Hall, 2; K. Lewis, 3. Time,' 5m 40s. 29 started. THE SUEZ MAIL. Albany, November 24. Arrived : The P. and O. Co.'s Rome. Passengers for New Zealand: Miss Stevens, Messrs. Guthrie, Banter, Gilchrist, Garlick, Slade, Beswick, and Douglas.
SHIPPING. Melbourne, November 24. Arrived: S.s. Mouowai, from the Bluff.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8422, 25 November 1890, Page 5
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