INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8862, 21 July 1890, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copirioht.]

(Pee Press Association.) AN EXTENSIVE FIRE.

Melbourne, July 19. Foley's extensive furniture warehouse in Bourke street has been destroyed by fire. The building was insured for £30,000 and the stock for £6000. The New Zealand Company has a line of £500 on the building, and the National and New Zealand Companies £1000 on the stock. THE STORM KING. Captain Jorgenson in his patent lifeboat, the Storm King, will be welcomed by the pilots on his arrival at Port Philip Heads. A HOTBED OP DISEASE. In giving evidence before the Charities Commission, three doctors stated that the Melbourne Hospital was a hotbed of disease, and asserted that five house surgeons had died from attacks of phthisis, contracted in consequence of the insanitary state af the hospital. THE DALLEY MEMORIAL. Sydney, July 19. Archbishop Moran is raising funds for placing the Dalley memorial window in St. Mary's Cathedral. EXTENSIVE DEALINGS IN LAND. On Thursday half a million of acres were taken up on conditional purchase. THE BARQUE ZODIAC, The barque Zodiac has broken up and her cargo of timber is scattered along the beach. A NEW JUDGE. Bbisbanb, July 19. Mr Patrick Read, barrister and solicitor, has been sworn in a judge of the Supreme Court, vice Mr Justice Mem, deceased. THE SPARROW PEST. Adelaide, July 19. Vignerons and fruit growers are demandthe extermination of sparrows. FIRE ON BOARD THE ELDERSLIE. Perth, July 19. Owing to the bursting of a paraffin lamp, the steamer Ederslie caught fire during her voyage from Albany to Fremantle. The saloon was gutted, and a lady passenger was severely burnt before the flamesiwere. mastered.