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United Pkess Association — copyright AUSTRALIAN Sydney, July 19. The Indian coolie accused of murcfer has been condemned to death. The new Governor of Fiji, Sir G. M. O'Brien, arrived by the Aorangi. Rev. Lane, in an address to the Sunday school scholars yesterday, stated a day or two before he was executed Butler asked him to tell them he was once a'Sunda'y school scholar in a little English village and drink brought him to what he wa3. The German consul received information from Prince Ferdinand that in May last a well known German financier absconded from Germany with 5,000,000 marks and it is supposed he has gone to Australia. Adelaide, July 19. The funeral of the lost explorers Wells and Jones was the largest ever seen in the city. It is estimated 50,000 attended. The procession was over a mile long. The pall bearers were members of the Calvcrt exploring expedition. Melbourne, July 19. Despite extraordinary precautions by the authorities, who had four hundred police specially detailed for the duty, the 1 annual Orange demonstration was again { marked by disgraceful proceedings. Tha processionists were attacked at Eeveral points by organised bodies of roughs. Sticks, stones, and other missiles wero " freely used. The police were compelled , to make several charges and beat the'ass gailants. Eleven arrests were made. DV ■ termined attempts were made to rescue 5 the prisoners but the attackers fared ■ badly at the hands of the police. A num- ' bor received nasty wounds "and had to'bb E treated at the hospital.
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West Coast Times, Issue 105335, 20 July 1897, Page 2
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