AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
♦ (by electric telegraph— copyright.) (reuter's telegrams.) " Received Nov 1, 1.30 p.m., THE WEATHER IN MELBOURNE.' Melbourne, Nov 1. — The weather has been wet for some time, and still continues very unsettled. - POLICE RAIDS ON SWEEP PROMOTERS. ' The police have commenced proceedings against other sweep promoters. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS AT MELBOURNE. Sir William Robinson (Governor of South Australia), and Sir George Strahan (Governor of Tasmania), are now on a visit to Melbourne. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP. Adelaide, Nov 1. — Reports to hand from the country favorable prospect of the South Australian wheat crops. Received Nov 2, 0.45 a.m. SHIPPING. Melbourne, Nov 1. — Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association, London October 31 : — Arrived, ship Rakaia, from Lyttelton, August 6. > . Lydney, Nov 1. — Sailed, this afternoon — City of New York, for San Francisco, via Auckland, with £122,000 in specie^ ,'-• - - MRS HAMPSOtf. ..) Mrs Hampson, the evangelist, is a passenger by the City of New York. A CHINESE ROW. Brisbane, Oct 1. — A serious affray occurred to-day among Chinese laborers on a plantation near Cairnc. One man was killed and three were wounded.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5205, 2 November 1883, Page 2
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180AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5205, 2 November 1883, Page 2
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