AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9176, 6 August 1895, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

Press Association—By Teletrraph—Copyright. A BARQUE IN DANGER. Sydney, August 5. The captain of the barque Excelsior reports experiencing a terrific passage, and he never expected to reach port. The deck cargo was thrown overboard to lighten the vessel, which put in to Norfolk Island for provisions. She encountered a terrible gale after leaving there. The vessel strained so heavily that it took the pumps all their time to keep the water down. A STORE BURNED. Richards' store at Narrandera has been burned. The damage is estimated at £10,000. THE EXPLOSION ON A BARQUENTINE. The statement of the mate of the Prosperity is that the galley must have been full of gaseous vapours from the little forehatch, which was uncovered, and ignition followed the cook's entry with a lamp. One poor fellow was nearly naked, and his shirt was on fire. The cook was lifted out of the coals, where, he had. fallen after being shot to a great height. His clothes were on fire, and he was in great agony. The waterman who brought off one of the crew was also on fire, and was severely burned.' The vessel looks like a punt into which coals have been dumped. SUICIDES OF NATIVES. An aboriginal, arrested at Wee Waa for a serious offence, cut his throat in the lock-up. Two native women came and saw the body and departed wailing. Shortly afterwards they too were found in their camp with their throats cut. All three are dead. THE ELDORADO DISASTER. Melbourne, August 5. It took nearly six hours to completely decipher the messages scratched on the cans belonging to the victims of the El Dorado disaster. All the men, as well as Dawkins, wrote brief pathetic messages. THE MISSING SHIP STONELEIGH. It is suggested that the missing ship Stoneleigh might havo been wrecked near the Auckland Islands. Tho New Zealand Government will probably be communicated with on the subject. COMMERCIAL BANK. At a meeting of tho Commercial Bank the report was adopted. QUEENSLAND SEPARATION. Brisbane, August 5. Mr Davitt, speaking at Rockhampton, promised the support of the Irish members for the objects of the Queensland Separation League. DEATH OF A MURDERER. Adelaide, August 5. Lyon, the Wellington murderer, died in the Lunatic Asylum. A VESSEL REFITTED. Hobart, August 5. The Devonport has been refitted, and leaves for Newcastle to load coal for Auckland. A JAPANESE AGITATION. Thursday Island, August 5. There is an agitation amongst the Japanese residents against a further influx of their own countrymen. They consider the result will be a reduction in the wages of those already in the country, besides increasing the antagonism of the Europeans against the Japanese.