AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, May 8. During a heavy fog, the steamer You Yanga Btruek ©n a rock outside Newcastle, and itnooked a hole in un'ier the engine room. SDhe water put out tho fires and the voaeol Was towed into harbor. Arrived— S.S. Easby. A third deputation to the PostmasterGeneral from tho Ohambor of Oommrroe urged tho advisahility of ft seoond telegraph line to Europo, and pointed out tho loss and inconvenience from the stoppages in the present lino, caused by the absence of information aff otitig the Colonies. The Postmaster admitted fcho importance of a second lino, and promised to consult his colleagues, with a viow to early negotiatione wifch tho Colonies and New • Zealand. Mblboubne, May 3. Numbers of fche salmon ova aro boing daily hatched. An unsuccessful aofcempt was made yostorday to throw a train off the Hobaon'a Way line. The action of the Customs Authorities in opening the Mossrs Stevensons' goods is generally oondemned.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2531, 4 May 1876, Page 3
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