AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume X, Issue 2025, 14 September 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

RT ELECTRIC •V&hKfkK.Mlt— COPYKtGIIi'. BRISBANE, September 13. Hie meat pr«servini> works at Itookhampton were totally destroyed by fire today. The loss is estimated at £90,000, of which £25,000 is covered by insurance. The following are the policies held by the New Zealand offices : — Colonial Insurance Company of New Zealand, £2,100, threefourths reinsured ; United Insurance Company and South British, each £2,100 ; New Zealand Insurance Company, £2,200,

r of which £875 is re-insured ; Union In- ■ surance Company of New Zealand, £5,C00 ; ; National Insurance Company of New Zea- ; land, £1,000. The remainder ia held by - English offices. : Further election returns received show : that from eight electorates five Opposition, [ three Ministerial, and one Independent > candidates have been returned to the new ; Parliament. ; Later. — The meat preserving works i which were burnt down at Roekhampton , were situated at Lake Creek. The entire ; works, comprising several large buildings, E are totally destroyed, only some machinery being saved. The cargo of frozen meat i which had been prepared for the steamer ! Tiado was also consumed. ; PARIS, September 12. \ The remains of the late Admiral Perrie ' are to be interred at the public expense. BERLIN, September 12. A statement recently current here, that s Herr Do Brandt, formerly Imperial Geri man Ambassador to China, would shortly return to Pekin, is now denied. 1 CAPETOWN, September 12. A considerable number of Boers are ' joining Cetewayo, and it is expected the [ King will shortly take the field against the ' rebel Zulus.