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TELEGRAMS.
(From our own Correspondents.)
ADELAIDE, June 18.
' The Melbourne football team to-day defeated
? the Norwoods by eight goals seventeen behinds to
two goaia three behinds.
, The weather, though at ill gloomy undthreaten
"log, la moderating in its severity.
The barque Fanny M., whioh went ashore off
Kingscote yesterday, has been complotely burned
through the coal igniting in some mysterious way,
Efforts were bein^ made to lighten her, and as
she was almost uninjured her early floating off
Was expected,
An earthquake shock, which lasted several
seconds, was felt at Wirrabara yesternoon.
The death is announced of John Davis, an old
colonist and a ceraber of MacKinley's ex
ploring expedition,
The creditors of James Nolan and John
O'Riordan, storekeepers of Border Town, held a
meeting yesterday, The balance-sheet showed
the assets to be £1,400 and a deficiency of £449
It was decided to assign the estate to Mr T E
Aoraman for the benefit of the creditors.
June 19.
The Government has decided to dispatch
General Owen to Sydney to represent the colony
on tho occasion of the landing of the Sydney
contingent next Tuesday.
About 250 men are now oamped in Watt's
Gully, but owing to tho heavy rains little work
.has, been done during tho last three weeks.
, Ninety ounces of gold have been purchased on
,.the gold-fields, I
Lady Robinson, who is returning overland
from Melbourne, will reach Adelaide to-morrow
v night,
1 Mr; T. G. Waterhouae, who is now in England,
? has given over £100 towards establishing even
ing olasses in connection with the Adelaide
University.
An aboriginal named Sydney has been arrested
cn his own confession, on the oharge of murder
ing the Indian Demili, at Angipena, in the For
' North, .
. .. MELBOURNE, June 19.
It has been decided by the trustees and 6ub>
uoribefa't&thB Harrow Library and Mechanics'
* Institute to' open the same on Sundays from 1
o'olook to 0 o'olook p.m., for the nest three
months, as an experiment to be continued if
mcessrolly attended,
i A deputation from the Mallee Vermin Boards
waited on the Government to ask that fencing
, wire be lot in duty free, that rabbit proof
fenoeg be considered permanent improvements,
U>d that Government would erect fences between
the areas aud along the South Australian border.
Th? Minister replied that the revenue would not
be allowad to prevent farmers getting cheap
. fenoing, and he would bring forward the question
of improvements favorably, The erecting of
fencing, however, he thought, was private work,
During tho speech of Uol, Smith Mr, Dent
called attention to the fact that a secretary to
the Defence Minnister was taking notes in the
strangers' gallery, and after some debate, in
whioh the Speaker said noto.takiug in strangers'
gallery was not in order, Mr. Bent had the
galleries'cleared, and tho reporters were not re
admitted before adjournment.
SYDNEY, June 18.
' "The steamer Oahors is still in the t>ame posi.
tiOB. Oaptain Hydes reports she is seriously
damaged amidships. After passengers' luggage,
available cargo, cabin flttlnge, eto., have been
Beoured, attempts will be made to get the vessel
off»
Hannah Utley, a married woman, who fell
down itairs in her houso yesterday, and sus
tained ft wound on the temple, died tbis morn
ing from concussion of the brain,
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