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Sydney, Jan. 28. The officers of the Telegraph Department gave the electricians' aboard' the Duke of Edinburgh a • dinner. A railway porter named Lawson was run over and killed on the 'Bathurst line, being found in front of the train by passengers. Subscriptions for sending home a shipment of frozen meat coming in rapidly. The drought has not yet broken up, but light rains have taken place ' in various parts of the country. The steamer Hero leaves for Auckland on February 8.
Melbourne Jan. 27. • The harvest will, from accounts, exceed recent expectations, - • Sugars are firmer, and sold by auction at 10s advance. Balance withdrawn for higher rates. Oats Id higher. McDonough and Earnshard, of the Marionette Troupe, were arrested on board the Omeo going to New Zealand, for having- in their possession a quantity of printing belonging 1 to John Bennett. Sir Redmond Barry proceeds by the next Californian to Philadelphia. . . : Wheat has advanced. Sales; took place at 5s 2d. The demand for candles continues. Maize, 4s 2d.
Brisbane, Jan. 27. The mail steamer Normanby arrived atTownsville to-day. , . ■ ; Jan. 28. Welcome rains have, fallen. A man was found alive in the bush at Maryborough, who had, subsisted 11 days on grass trees.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume x, Issue 2699, 7 February 1876, Page 2
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