AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.] Sydney, September 20. The crew of the ship Theodore Ducas.has arrived from Tahiti. The ressel caught fire there, and had to be scuttled. She was subsequently floated, but the cargo was entirely destroyed. September 26. Tenders will shortly be called for the work of substituting the cable tram system for the present system of steam trams. Brisbane, September 25. The losses of the insurance companies by the recent fire border on a quarter of a million more than the premiums paid. September 24. A young man. named Kirkham, who was given into custody by his father on suspicion of having outraged and murdered a girl, named Jelley, near Calliope, in May last, has been tried and acquitted.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2530, 27 September 1888, Page 2
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