AUSTRALIAN CABLE.
(SPECIAL TO " TIMABU HERALD.") Melbourne, Jan. 15. Three prisoners escaped from Williamstown gaol by forcing the casement. Adelaide, Jan. 15. Millers' prices for wheat are 4s 8d to 4s BJd for large parcels. Brisbane, Jan. 15. The Queensland Parliament met yesterday. Mr. King was elected Speaker. The members of the Queensland exploring expedition have reached Powell's Creek, m South Australia. They lived on game latterly. They were unable to cross the dry swamps, and killed three horses m attempting it. They were relieved by the occurrence of thunder storms. The New Caledonian insurrection is languishing. Two tribes have surrendered, and been sent to the Isle of Pines. Daily, the master of the Heather Bell, has been arrested, and the vessel ordered to Fiji, by the High Commissioners' Court. ♦
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Timaru Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 1349, 16 January 1879, Page 2
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130AUSTRALIAN CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 1349, 16 January 1879, Page 2
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