AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7791, 10 November 1886, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Ireutkh's telegrams.] DIGGERS FROM KIMBERLEY. Melbourne, November 8. The barque Kentish Lass has arrived at Melbourne, bringing forty-one disappointed diggers from the Kimberley goldfields. She will leave for Wellington to-morrow. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS. Melbourne, November 9. The cricket match, Shaw-Lillywhite'a team versus eleven Victoria, was continued* to-day. The Englishmen, who yesterday lost one wicket for 73 runs, resumed their innings, and whea the stumps were drawn, had lost seven wickets for 333, Barlow contributing 88, not out; Gunn, bowled, 47 j Flowers, not out, 51. CHIEF JUSTICE OP NEW SOUTH ' ; WALES. Sydney, November 8. It is believed that either Mr. Justice Fawcett or feir William Manning will be appointed to succeed the late Sir James Martia as Chief Justice of NewSouth Wales.

THE TARAWERA. Sydney, November 8. The Union Oo.'s Tarawera arrived this morning. MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING. A melancholy case of drowning, by which a mother and son lost their lives, has occurred at King vale, N.B. W. It appears that a lad named .Pardon went into a dam owned by a man named Hennock to bathe. Hβ got oat of his depth, and being noticed by hie mother, who works on the same farm, she at once jumped in, with the result that both were drowned. THE TEETULPA GOLDFIELD. The Commissioner of Lands at Adelaide' has received the following telegram regarding the Teetulpa Goldfiold :—•• When writing to you last I mentioned that certain rumours were in circulation respecting heavy-weight nuggets, but I had not been able to prove any of them. To-night (Monday), however, lam glad to state on the authority of the warden, Inspector Besley, and one of the partners of the luoky findtT, that a nugget of solid gold weighing; 30oz hae been unearthed. Aβ evidence to show how secretly some of these finds are kept, I may say that thie nngget was foesioked out on the 22nd October, and there can be no doubt that a great deal more gold has beeu obtained on this field than is generally known. This bright particular nugget hae been sent to town. In size it Jβ as big as the palm of the hand. One edge was about 1J inches thick, and shelved off to a lesser thickness. This is the largest nugget yet found on the Teetulpa, bat there is no reason to suppose that others may not be found to eclipse it. Of Brady's gaily there can be bo doubt that the npper part promises to be rich in gold. Small quantities hare been dry fossicked in many claims ; and two men, Hennessy and Forth, have obtained over an ounce each, and Kelly about the same; and Parsons, Shields, and Flaherty got a 2oz nugget and some smaller ones altfO. From five bags of washdirt half an ounce w«s taken. This addition to the field extends the area of payable gold to a distance of quite one mile and a half. Men are working steadily and systematically, and claims that had once been worked by novices during the first mad rush, and then abandoned, are now being made to yield their treasure. The Warden of the goldfields telegraphs confirming the news as to the finding of the 30oz nugget."