AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Telegraph.—Press Association-Copyright FATAL FIRE. Adelaide, August IS. By a fire at Yunta, two young children named Osborne were burned to death. The mother was badly scorched in rescuing a baby. COLONIAL RIFLEMEN AT BISLEY. Melbourne, August 15. Sir George Turner, the Premier, supports Sir E. N. Hraddon's scheme to send a federal rifle team to England yearly, if the men are chosen as a result of competition, and cach colony pays in proportion to the number of its representatives. SUICIDE OF A CHIEF OFFICER. Melbourne, August 15. Nicholl, chief officer of the steamer Meeindeny, formerly third officer of the Union Company's Waikarc, committed suicide by cutting his throat. No cause assigned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10832, 16 August 1898, Page 5
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