AUSTRALIAN.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2625, 30 October 1894, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN.

The certificate of Captain Hill has been suspended for twelve months in connection with the wreck of his vessel, the Rodondo. — The publisher of tbe ' Age ' was fined £150 for contempt of court in publishing a speech made by Mr Syme in tbe occasion of a presentation by sympathisers during the progress of the Speight- Syme case. — A scheme of Australian federal defence has been decided on and details are now being competed. — Rich stone has been struck in the Cashmere's mine at Forty five Mile, West Austria, which was taken over by an English syndic ite on Mondry last. Over lOOoz were obtained in a few pounds of stone. — The water difficulty is again cropping up. Horses are perishing on the road to Coolgardie. — Great excitement has been caused by the discovery of a gold reef at Kangaroo island. It is traced for miles and gives 10 z to the ion.— A hundred and twenty pearl ahelb-rs at Thursday It-laud resisted an attempt to arrtst seven of their number for breaches of the regulations. As the men are armed trouble is feared. — A duty of £2 per h^ad bas been imposed on all cattle imported to New CaleJonia from Australia. — The New South Wales Public Works Department have dispensed witb 80 officers, saving £18,000 annually. — The Queensland Asseruby have fixed the honoraria of members at £250 a year. — In Victoria 300 telegraph messengers receiving maximum wages have been retired and cheaper labor obtained. — The doctors of Avoca, Victoria, are baffled by a series of my&torious caseß which have come uuder their notice, and from which several deaths have already resulted.