CABLEGRAMS.
DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. [reuter's telegrams, per press agency.] Melbourne, March 16. The match with the Australian Eleven has been postponed for a week, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather. The Eleven meanwhile play at Ballarat. Sydney, March 17. Arrived—Australia. Mr. Allen, a Baptist Minister, held forth to-day in Hyde Park against the Roman Catholics. 15,000 people were assembled. A sectarian riot was feared, and a hundred police were present, while the military were ready to be called out. The passengers by the Chunborazo have been brought saffly to Sydney. Twenty feet of the vessel's keel are gone, but it is believed that the steamer is ready to be brought on to Sydney for repairs.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 585, 18 March 1878, Page 2
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