AUSTRALIA.
[ [ m [Special to bass Association.] THE OTRA FIRE. MJBLJOURNE, Feb. 10. The importer of p, ase of acids, which is supposed to have cased the fire on the steamer Cintra, was ted ,£2O for shipping it without proper recautions, and the captain of the steamei was fined J315 for carrying dangerous gods otherwise than on the upper deck. 1 CHARGE»OEMURDER. A labourer named Jdeph Sheil has been arrested for the supposd murder of a man named William M'Kal whose body was found in a street in Calton. Sheil, whose clothes were bloodstaifid, states that he and M'Kay were gointj home together at night, drunk, when thej were assaulted by four men,- that Sheil Vas knocked down and rendered unconscias, and that when he came to his senses hj found M'Kay by his side. AN OVERDU^ VESSEL. SY>NEY, Feb. 10. The : Rotomahama re] >rts speaking the overdue barquentine Pot Hunter, off Cape Maria Van Dieinen or? Feb. 5. She had been driven out to sea )y heavy gales, and asked to be reported all well. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM. \ There was a sever; thunderstorm at Coolahah, and three inihes of rain fell. A big flood followed, andihe railway line was washed away in severi places, traffic being stopped. j ,
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5485, 10 February 1896, Page 3
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