AUSTRALIAN.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2646, 3 May 1895, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

Tho Fruit-growera ( onference in Hobart was a great succeea. The New Zealand delegates visit nil the other coloniea before coming home. With & view to testing the Japanese market Mr Tuverner, of Melbourne, is arranging to send a trial shipment of live stock and fruit. The Riverina Frez:-n Meat Compaay intend to thoroughly test the live stock trade. They have chartered a steamer capable of carrying 750 head of cattle. The Nesv >outh Wales Cabinet has decided to appoint a a Koyal (Jommiaaion to inveatiga'e the Daan poisoning cvee, A record in long distance telegraphy waa made on Sunday when the Sydney cfFuials communicited direct with those in Perth, a distance of 3140 miles. An effort will be made in Qaeena'and next session of Pardamsnt to reduce the Governor's salary by £1000, find those of the judgts by i'soo each. A Uoo!g*rdi6 digger named And rson was speared by a black whose jsalousy he had aroueed. The Victorian Marine Board have euepended the certificate of Captain Morris, of the Ehip Lindiafarne, which recently took ground, The operations of the Queensland Government Savings Bank for 1894 show that the deposits decreased by £1)3,000 and withdrawals by £45,000, compared with 1893. During the nine months of the financial year the South Australian revenue fell short of the estimate by £176,000, while there was a aavlDg in the estimated expenditure of £54,000. Another big fiad is reported from Coolcardie. Some stone taken from a depth of 4ft bristles with gold. A new rush is reported near Lawleosoue district, West Australia, but water and provisions are scarce. A rich reef near German Town, New South Wales, is estimated to yield 4Ooz to the ton. The Colonial Sugar Company pay a dividend of 10 per cent, for the past year. Several cases of leprosy have been reported to the Queensland authorities. One is said to be that of a white boy living in a larg9 northern town.