AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 861, 21 November 1893, Page 2

A USTRALIAN NEWS.

(PEE, PUESS ASSOCIATION.; Sydney, This day. The Minister of Public Works proposes to expend £3,000,000 during the next eleven months on sewerage and other works, thus providing employment for two. thousand ineD. Melboukne, This day. The annual meeting of the Victorian Rifle Association has opeued. New Zealand is [represented by two marksmen. Howe, of Wellington, scored 41 in the rifle match, 2 points below top score. Adelaide, This day, From July Ist to Nov. 16 the railway revenue amounts to £41,000, which is larger than for the corresponding period of the previous year. Brisbane, This day. The Government has offered a reward of £250 per information that will lead to the conviction of the person who set fire ta the steamer India.

The Japanese Government has communicated with the Queensland Government asking whether the aboriginal murderers of two Japanese some time ago had been punished. A reply has been sent stating that the murders were committed by an uncivilised race who were outside police observation, and pointing out that the Japanese ran a risk pursuing tbeir avocatius where they were in danger of being attacked.