AUSTRALIA.
r [SPECIAL.] MELBOURNE, Dec. 30. ■ ' The Melbourne Champion Race. For the Champion Race betting is •three to one on the field. The St. 1 Alban'e stable haa not declared to win with First King, Petrea, or Avemus, consequently there is little speculation. A Falling Off. r Melbourne imports and exports for ilabt year show an aggregate falling off •of over three millions compared with previous years. [Age Special.] ■^^^^^fe SYDNEY, Dec. HBP^B^^^owen has arrived at Cookie town. : I A Nice State of Affairs. / It haa transpired at Hong Kong that police havo been in the habit of Bp shipping criminals to Australia at the IT .rate of 40 at a time. Small-pox is in- [ i creasing at Hong Kong. It is reported I 1 th&t English officers are training Chinese I Itroopsfor service on the Russian front /tier.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 3657, 31 December 1879, Page 3
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