AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9084, 19 June 1888, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[press association.]

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Sydney, June 18. A ballast train ran into a stationary passenger train at Lake Bathurst today. Two ladies were severely shaken, and a boy injured by splinters from one of the carriages. EXPLORATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, June 18. A syndicate has despatched an exploring expedition to Western Australia to search for minerals. The Geographical Society are assisting the syndicate. A DERELICT. Newcastle, June 18. There is great excitement over a derelict vessel, which has been found bottom up. It is apparently about 1200 tons. It was found at sea, and is being towed into Port Stephens. Her name is at present unknown. Sydney, June 18. It has been ascertained that the derelict burnt at sea, which was being towed into Port Stephens, was the J. D. Berry, the American vessel burnt recently. SHIPPING. Sydney, June 18. Arrived : The s.s. Tarawera. Newcastle, June 18. Sailed : The s.s. Janet NiecoL, for Timaru.

M. Tisserand, Director of Agriculture, read, at the first sitting of the Phylloxera Committee, his report on the vineyards in France. It results from this interesting document that, notwithstanding the disasters caused by the phylloxera, Prance actually produces 20,000,000 hecteree of wines, and is still the largest vine-growing country in the world. The protection and reconstitution of vines have been generalised and enlarged. Twenty-six thousand hectares are submersed, 66,000 hectares are treated by sulphate of carbon, and nearly 9000 hoct.iree by sulpho-carbonates, and, finally, the vines, replanted with the American stock, occupy 166,500 hectares; the Department of Herault alone has no less than 77,000 hectares of American vines. To sum up, out of 690,000 hectares attainted with the disease, but still resisting, 268,000 hectares, or 39 per cent., are protected or reconstituted. After examining the state of the vineyards in Algeria, and glancing at those in foreign countries, where the disease is progressing, M. Tisserand concludes his report by saying :—" We have every reason to hope that, thanks to the speedy reconstitution of our vineyards, the production of wjne, this plentiful source of national riches, will at last overcome the crisis of depression it has been suffering from so long."

Much annoyance having been experienced by many of Smith and Caughey's customers, who have mistaken the clothing shop (without name appearing) recently opened next door to their Queen-street establishment as belonging to them. In justice to their customers and themselves they are compelled to draw public attention to the fact that there is no connection whatever, and that they have only one entrance in Queen-street. — [Advt.]

Remarkable Disappearance.—Very remarkable disappearance of all dirt from every thing-, by using Hudson's Extract of Soap. Reward— Purity, health, perfect satisfaction by its regular daily uso. For clothes, linen, knives, forks dishes saucepans, and all domestic washing.