AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 65, 18 March 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Press Assn —By telegraph—Copyright (Received March 18, 8.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, This day.

A rich strike of gold lias been found in the Tunnel mine at Gundagai. From a quarter ton of ore the prospectors dollied eighty ounces. The Royal Agricultural Society has spent £BSOO in increasing the building accommodation for the forthcoming shows. The Sydney manager of the Royal Racket Steam Navigation Company yesterday received a cable from Batavia, stating that the outbreak of cholera had practically died out. The captain of the company's steamer just arrived expressed surprise at the cabled report of the ravages of the disease. When lie left there was no serious epidemic, and the town had just recovered from a recent outbreak. A prospector named Bernard has unearthed a I2Boz nugget at Pennyweight Hat, Bailarat. His brother Avas with him till a few days ago. He left, being unable to make a living. The Australian Natives' Association has resolved that the financial agreement between the States and the Commonwealth is detrimental to the best interests of the Commonwealth. MELBOURNE, This Day. The State Attorney-General proposes to introduce a Bill to abolish capital punishment. Obituary.—Rev. W. J. Watsford, son of the late Father Watsford. NEWCASTLE, This Day. The Wharf Laborers' and Coal Trimmers' Union have completed the formation of a co-operative company to do stevedoring work at the port. It is stated that several big shipping companies are standing behind the unions.