INTERCOLONIAL. (Rbutbe's Special.)
Brisbane, August 24th*
In the action of Miles v. M'ilwraith, the plaintiffs case, was, concluded last night, when the defendant's counsel, applied for a nonsuit. The Judge, however, decided to let the case go to the jury. The trial was resumed to-day, and the defendant's case is now proceeding.
Sydney, August 24th.
A, crowded public meeting waß held last evening, at the Masonic Hall, for, the, purpose of expressing sympathy with the persecuted Jews in Russia, and raising funds for their assistance: Resolutions were passed in accord with the object of the meeting, and a committee waa formed to collect subscriptions. Over £1000 was subscribed in the, room. ; No fresh cases of - smallpqx have been reported to the Board of Health to-day. One of the patients at the Quarantinestation, named Emerson, died of the disease at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1555, 27 August 1881, Page 18
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