AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
PrtU A ssociation.-yElecfcric Telegraph.—Copyright; ■" '- VICTORIAN TRADE WITH •'• ' V ' TRANSVAAL. * " _ .Melbourne, November 8. , - A:trial shipment) of various articles of Victorian produce and manufacture sent to the Transvaal was a failure with the excep-. tion of a small parcel of bacon, which me' , . with ready sale. < The goods yielded no " profit to the exporter, who. had to compete against sea freights, which are 143 per ton :*; less' from Great Britain than Australia. 1 _ NARROW -ESCAPE OF AN, ACTRESS. ' ' • . - .1 • ■ Sydney, November 8. -. •. During the performance of "The Prairie King" at the Lyceum Theatre, Miss Jlaud|;r^l^ Williamson narrowly escaped drowning, in ' the; water scene, • She became .■ caught 'i sr.;/ underneath an overturned canoe, and wa." ; in an unconscious condition when rescued. ' 1 ' conservator! OP MUSIC. ; ' ' . . ■ >' Adelaide, November 8. % The Council of the University has decided to establish a Conservatorium 0! Music with the Elder bequest of £20,000, under a schemj . of free scholarships, which, will bo open to ; students of music in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. "• w• ' 1 { ,'\h 5 rC , v{ !<->* i,l' [ , , . EMBEZZLEMENT. -} Sydney, November 8. . , : Anderson has been sentenced to sever, years embezzling money ,belonging to Henry Bull' and Company. ,• y '••■■■) ' ' - ' PARLIAMENTARY CRICKET TEAM. Adelaide, November 8. •\ Mr." Henniker Beaton has arrived to . make arrangements. for the visit of the Parliamentary cricket team to the colonies., ~ ; Unless an election intervenes, the team will leave in July or August next year, and any J proceeds made will be . divided between ; English and colonial institutions. .' . ' m W^^===m^mM
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 5
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247AUSTRALIAN NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10595, 9 November 1897, Page 5
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