AUSTRALIAN.
Sydney, Last night. The Hocent Fire-
On examining the kerosene bond, after tho fire was subdued, the surprising discovery was made that, despite the intense heat, the inner layer had escaped damage. It is believed that some four thousand cases will be saved. A Locust Plague. The locnsts are advancing towards Albnry in a column twelve miles wide by ten long. They travel eleven miles in twenty-four hours. The Swedish Faster. Abbott haa successfully completed his long fast. He is fitrsaciated and weak, but otherwise appears to be well. This day. The report of the medical gentlemen attending Abbott, the Swedish faster, states that it is possible to feel his spinal column by pressing against his stomach. A Census Bill, which provides for the taking of a census on the night of April sth, has been introduced into the House of Assembly.
Melbourne, This day. Arrived : S.s. Manpouri, from the Bluff.
The Amalgamated Association of Miners has remitted a sum of £300 in aid of the miners who went out on strike at Denniston.
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Thames Star, Volume XXII, Issue 6749, 5 December 1890, Page 2
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AUSTRALIAN.
Thames Star, Volume XXII, Issue 6749, 5 December 1890, Page 2
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