AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXI, Issue 3072, 24 January 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

f —+ — y m.»:W. politics 1 . Sydney, January 22,— While a 3 section of the members are desirous of 9 Copeland being retained in the j Ministry another section think his } retention would give the opposition cause for further attacks on the Government, fr r The Cabinet has not yet armed at a final decision with regard to Coper land's resignation. 3 Dora Dora murder. Sydney, January 23. — Willie, the y aboriginal arrested in connection with j Dora Dora murders, admits being at . the place at the time ofthe murder, T but accuses his mate Jackie of 1 murdering the settler and also of the ) murder of the woman at Benalla. t locomotive explosion. : . Melbourne, January 22.— A loco- , motive on the HeJUsyille line exploded I at Ring wood station, severely damaging the station and another engine standing near by. The driver and fireman had a miraculous escape from death, but the former was badly cut about the body. ' Accident to cyclist. Melbourne, January 23.— A. J. : Body, the New Zealand cyclist, while training with a view to lowering the record for an hour's riding, collided wijhialence, breaking his collar-bone and injuring one of his arms. Intense heat. Melbourne, January 23. — Intense heat is being felt throughout the country. Four thousand acres of grass has been burnt at Coleraine, and nearly 10,000 acres at East Hopetoun. The crops so far have escaped. At Hopetoun the thermometer registered 114 in the shade. Adelaide, January 23.— Great heat prevails in South Australia, the ther- : mometer ranging from 103 to 115 in < the shade. '.-;'] Australian wheat yield. 1 Sydney, January 23.— The wheat ' yield for this colony is estimated at j 9,845,000 bushels, the average being 12* 6 bushels per acre; oats, average 24 bushels per acre ; and barley 21 bushels ; wlule the yield of potatoes is 44 percent, better than last year. *Ehe l total yield of potatoes is expected to J amount to 75,000 tons, averaging 38 ? tons per acre. With the exception of ' a blight which is reported in the ] northern districts, the condition of tbe * crops is good. ( Drought. e Sydney, January 23. — Fears of « drought are entertained in Bourke. Whirlwinds, regarded as the forerunner of such visitation, have been very frequent lately. , Child murder. 8 Perth, January 22.— Two boys named Chipper, accompanied by their I sister, aged six years, went crabbing J !on the jetty. The sister annoyed the elder lad, aged 15, who pushed her into tiie water and drowned her. He threatened his young brother if he n told, but subsequently he confessed o and was arrested on a charge of o murder. ■- . ■«