AUSTEALIAN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9301, 31 December 1895, Page 5

AUSTEALIAN.

Presa Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. WRECK OF A SCHOONER. Sydney, December 30. A letter from Tonga reports that the New Zealand built schooner Waiwera, loaded with copra, was wrecked at Nukualoff on December 11th. THE GOLD IN A WELL. Further developments have taken place in connection with the gold struck in a well at Currajong. Some of the specimens are three-parts gold. The prospectors obtained four pounds weight of gold in a few minutes. A FATAL FIRE. Melbourne, December 80. A fire at Echuca destroyed a cottage and its occupants. Mrs Gosling and her granddaughter, aged eight years, perished. CLEARING HOUSE RETURNS. The Clearing House returns from January are £127,973,000, being an increase of £5,115,000 compared with last year. TENDER FOR LOCOMOTIVES. Brisbane, December 30. The Government has accepted a local tender for thirty goods locomomotives. THE QUEENSLAND AGENTGENERALSHIP. From information received it is certain that Sir T. Mcllwraith will not be able to accept the Agent-General-ship. Mr C. S. Dicken is likely to continue in the position for some time. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS. Perth, December 30. The Government has granted a concession to an English Company to convey electric power to Coolgardie. If the scheme is carried out it will revolutionise the present methods of driving the batteries and drilling machines, and largely overcome the water difficulty. A new class of stone has been found in the Hannans district with bands of quartz heavily charged with pyrites, galena, and rich crystals of gold. The stone resembles that found in Ballarat. Some exceedingly rich stuff has been taken from the Great New Zealandia mine, Coolgardie, exactly similar to the Boulder mine ore. FATAL YACHTING ACCIDENT. Hobart, December 80. The yacht Sylph capsized at Strahan. Dr. Matheson and two men named Rogers and Lechnent were drowned, and two others were rescued. TASMANIAN FINANCES. Sir E. G. N. Bvaddon, speaking at Launceston, said that for the first time in five years the revenue and expenditure had balanced with a credit to the good.