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Show AISTKALIA. San Francisco, 2. News by the Mtha.lo to July 31: Vulori.", toe steamer Si. "jii arriv.d at Melbourne Mel-bourne forty-five dayd from England. Kail way construction was impeded by heavy rains and fl.xxls. The O'Ciin. fl ccniennary will be cele-brattd cele-brattd by a banquet and procession. Tiicg"id yieid was less than last year but tiie average earnings uf miners was greater th .n for many ye-iM past. Queensland The Chinese dilheuhy in assuming formidable proportions. There is great opposition unionist the j miners to their presence in the colony. A petition to the queen tor ihe an- rJ V ( :,,inA li.Ksod tilfi assembly and eouueik South Australia The policy of the government is declared in favor of inter-colonial free trade. New Zealand Fearlul g.tlfa have prevailed on the coast, ami many disaster dis-aster reported. The nohouner Suc- ceja, of Auckland, was Iot in Co k's .Strniis, with all on board. i Dum-din has decided to (.tier an j engagement to Moody and San key. Oeneral agricultural news from all parts of Australia is favorable on the I whole, though much damago is occa- Liniipil liv s'iow in Lhe mountains and heavy rains on the eoatji. |