Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-25
AUSTRALASIA.
Melbourne Advices to January 23d, and
Auckland News to February LIST.


fAuoS :" ~' anu
AUCKLAND news 10 repruAry is.'
By the arrival of the steamer Mariposa
at San Francisco we have Melbourne ad-
,,;oos ~ I.n,orv oed and Auct,apd news 70
..ss' "
FEBRUARY lst-
VicroAiA-
The Melbourne Leader OF January 9th
gives three columns of reports of bush
fires. 1t says: The excessively dry and
hot weather experienced lately has led to
serious fires occurring in several of the
country districts, in some OF which great
amount of damage has been done. The
country has dried up with astonishing
rapidity within the last SIX weeks, and the
great heat of the past few days rendered it
a matter of certainty that once fires started
they would make Roadway To add 10 the
danger a strong wind, which at times
amounted almost to gale, was blowing on
Monday and Tuesday, the result being that
a number of fires have occurred. and the
flames, carried onward by the wind, have
traVeieu d, an dPpa,iiilits, ,a'e Vi sPeeu' ue-
l.o's a. a.. go. 49, c 80
speciai ;ao'i ~ a'Iuaiy o,h says
f.,,, 60 nt'.,o ."e "iioiu y.
D.. 'e.'cG &c fai, ~ Lout s
DAY d I's 49, In ~ IL. es iliies. % ID,
es I.i,i oe ;,I.d a. nas rA'ehueu
niles alone The coast and II i faarsd 'n .hc,
~ 70 iedieu tha'
S 49, s.i Ttievso.s Iase 9een rem
49, no.iele nc ia.es iaseu so Iuri
e., p o;r =, nc nam iuau
.,o1.i ,'.i "a ~ i.Jine ma. .he coacnes
tbrougb The BURNING timber w;tbout dan s
ger of the passengers being burned. From
Nv hoo IL
great amount of damage was done. The
weather was extremely hot, the thermom-
eter siahuilS at lou III the sun. AT Camp
,bo to,,-, ras " s,, vas $50 1851, anu
Pallsrat u, :, =, .r,,,,,.,, stlsSS ~ oeio a.
sLaJa and 1seo i, a. go, ~ ~ oo2 ~ .iie
hcmmad in h, hrSh f;ras 81 e ~, wv "as
was so thick in the streets tbat tr.f a;o nv,
-; 80 ~ -. .ii' tialic py
S;r,iiar a ,,.a,a suspeii9eo.
R.a,fort uan,;it,,, Soar,so,. l.on,
ton,,s NJ as.;n,ata' IS ~, i anu olnel
he n,oda h,,t - Iii o9uiu
,Ia,,sa,,is ~ do,,ars ~ iiuiiui eus Vi
sorru ,,,srn
cod e,tol;,v ooonrroa -. A.,
coiar;aI ra.sr ,sssoI pro.oo vi LAY Gie, she
~ Iannory Ist rn,oi 49,, =. uiehtieils,
fred and after tbe seyentb sho+ "a' , 800
omitted TO snonge ont The hraact, s 81 tha
e,,n conse1ren3lv laar;nI, H. i, y. w
wad,l;ng in frssb ca,tr;5,,a - ~, a.i ~.
and when inst about 70 close tI,a poo H.
how the carir;dga exniodad ~ 49, o,.a,,
Hse HOY Tbe eartr;de,o ~. s,, "iL"5 OPen
Davis who was ;nstaytlT, ILL ' I'm, ne g
otbar na,, yas ;n;,,raa A'''eN' anu ar
NE" SOUTH WALES.
The Auckland Herald declares that Nor
folk Island has been offered to and accepted
by New South Wales, subject to the APP
prevail of Parliament.
NEW zEA1.Nn
u,, -
"a o'ei-iioseu si'1rA iourleen ieet long
ai'9 i :" = iSe' aor Us tne pach Vi the heau
aiu oses snlee ieel III 1hlckhess, was caught
ps NO nsheIiiie,i at Dainperry pay. Inc
S. was piaceu oi' eAiiioiiloh at AucK-
iai,o.
"A great iire occurred at Waihawa on Jan
t Ia,y o.n \; = ouaneo more 'iian score OF
Wo';' liz S;lu n vas oiiy " .u5 anu Vi the
napisI IRE pepai.nleiit that the town was
saNeu iioil ues'ruc
NEW GUINEA.
A Cooktown special of January eth to
the New Zealand Herald saws: Cantain
Iilieblad. of the schooner Elleneown re-
ports that he held a protracted INQUIRY into
the manner in which Captain Frier and
John Watkins were murdered at Moresbv
island 1t appears that Captain Frier
showed the natives his trade thus exciting
their cupidity. and the women who were