AUSTRALIAN.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6003, 20 November 1890, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

U'KJJ IT.US 3 A!-.. < '.71. .v.— CO I Yi-GJiT.J (Received November 20, 1 p.m.) OYERDU . V;-;..SKL. . v. . . v, This day. •Some anxiety is felt for the safety of the Elifii .lay, forty-five days out fioni Tuft Cbalnier for I hi-'port. GRASSKOPPER FLAGUK. The graishoppeis are committing great havoc iii tho Ualraui.ld district. LOCUST PLAGUE. Mk. :>'ju_.\*_. This day The locust phiuue in s.>me districts is anuuiiiig ahirin.ii;.' proportions. The jrreutor portion of the vegetabh s. flowers, and hi rha_e in the Keriiny district have been dvtroyed. Th" insects trawl several miles drily, the surface of the river Soddou is bl ick in many p'aees with the ii.sects. The loss to farmers will be a .severe one. THE CONSUMPTION CURE. The Government will be represented at Berlin by Professor Allen, of the Melbourne University, who is at present their investigating the Koch i-pccifi. for consumption. Several medical men have left for Berlin on th jir own account. ANTARCTIC KXt'EDITION. Tho other colonies having refused to share in the cast, the Government havo declined to contribute to the Antarctic expedition. COLONIAL TRADE. The Canadian Government approve of the postponement of the departure of Mr Abbott to enquire into the trade of the colonies till March next. MORE RAD WEATHER. BnisiiASE, This day.

The weather bureau forecasts that the storm}' winds, gales, and rough seas now prevailing ou the Australasian coast, will advance towards New Zealand.