LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 3756, 21 November 1888, Page 4

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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MkLBOUUNK, November 19

On Saturday night an encounter t'-ok place in Little Bmuke street between the Chinese ami the kirikin-. One of the former whs held down, and o labourer named Cutter jumped on .his chest, nnr] killed liim. Cutter was a nested.

The Federal timber yards were burned down, also part of Langland's f'undry. A quantity of valuable machinery was damaged. The fire spread to a cottage on the bank of the Yana, which was completely gutted. The sparks flew a great distance. Four fi es broke out in the suburbs, apparently all from sparks from the first fire. Great damage has been sustained. Sir Henry Purkes has informed the other Premiers that iN T ew Soti'h Wales i* in favour of the Colonies combining with Camda and Great Britain for a complete survey of the Pacific cable tome an eirly as possible. Tne baique Louis, from Bluff, which passed CSpe Otway and signalled that *he had lust her rudder, arrived here to-day.

A ii-Hflin" schooner foundered in a squall uli'S'. L'onmds, a email fishing village in Hobson's Bay, 70 mile;; so«ih-wi-st fiom Melbourne. The crew made for ihu top of the rigging, where tliey remained some hours before they •were rescued, which, owing to tlm sea, whi accotnp'ixlied wiili difficulty. The fruit crops at Bomhala have been destroyed by frosin. The heibnge is dried ujj and the river has cea&ed

running at Inverell. The squatters have suffered heavy losses, • A splendid supply of artesian water has been struck on the Werribee station, near Burke, giving 356,000 gallons per diem.

Sir H. Farkes denies the statement published in Melbourne that New South Wa'es is iu favour of combining with Canada and Britain for the completion of the survey of a route for the Pacific cable, He says that while he has no objection to confer with the Victorian mid Canadian Governments he certainly would not express an opinion in writing at the ptesent juncture. Private intelligence shows that Dr. Diummond, who was strrested at Colombo on a charge of larceny, did not poison himself, aa was at first reported. His death was due to excitement at his arrest causing failure of the heart's action. Brisbane, November 19. On the Darling Downs, especially in the neighbourhood of Dalby, stock are dying very fast. A water famine is imminent. Most of the miners at Sudeat Island, New Guinea, ate down with maltrial fever and suffering great hardships. The value of the field for alluvial working is considered small, though rich specimens of gold have been found scattered over the be ! t of country, which is six miles in width. THE MELBOURNE CENTENNIAL RIFLE MEETING. Melbourne, November 18. At the Centennial Rifle Meeting yesterday, the Intercolonial Match New Zealand v. Victoria was won by the former with 1608 against 1516. The Inteinational Match—4oo, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots, 10 men—was won by the Irish with 803 points, Ihe English 782, Australian 719. The meeting concluded to-day.