AUSTRALIAN.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7346, 26 June 1889, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

[per press association.] Received June 25th, 12.45 p.m. [This message was delayed in transmission, and should have been received yesterday.] PASTEUR'S COMPLAINTS. Sydney, June 24. Sir Henry Parkes absolutely denies that the Government made extracts from Pasteur's letters, aa alleged by his agents MM. Germout and Loir, since their return to France. NEW PROCESS OF PRESERVING ME IT. Melbourne, June 24. A new process of preserving meat has been patented. The meat is immersed in a solution for a few minutes, when a coating is formed, effectually preventing the escape of juices and enabling it to resist the attack of deleterious germs. The coating disappears upon cooking. The inventors claim that the meat can be preserved for weeks and months at a cost of one-fifth, of a penny per lb. Whether the pro cess is suitable for exporting meat has not yet been tested. Externally the meat shows a slight shrinkage, but when cut it is fresh and juicy. The experiments so far have been successful. Received June 25th, 2 p.m. ALLEGED MURDERS BY NATIVES. Sydney, June 25. It is reported at Noumea that two Frenchmen named Lebel and Rossi have been killed, and a third named Sumarki poisoned by the natives at Ambryn in New Hebrides. FALL OF SNOW. A heavy fall of snow has taken place in many of the southern towns of the colony. LIBEL ACTIONS. Melbourne, June 25. Mr J. T. Brown, formerly memberfor Mandurang, is suing this Age for £20,000 damages for libel, and McCarron and Bird, publishers, have also instituted a similar suit against the same paper for £10,000 damages. MUIFICENT BEQUESTS. The late Francis Ormond bequetbed £113,000 to charities, churches, and colleges, including £40,000 to the Ormond College, and £10,000 to the Workmen's College. THE COLLISION AT SEA. The ship lolanthe, which was in collision on Sunday evening, is badly damaged above the water line. The Cape Verde had a heavy shipment of explosives aboard, and it was feared they would ignite from the shower of sparks caused by the impact of the two vessels. The Verde's deck has broken up, and the cargo is floating about. FIGHTING AT SEW GUINEA. Thursday Island, June 25. News from New Guinea states the Tojari tribe attacked a village on Kilow River, but were beaten off by the native missionary and two men, who killed no less than fifty of their assailants*