AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8477, 30 January 1891, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Prut Attoeiation.—Electric Telegraph.— THE COLONIES AND COMMERCIAL TREATIES. Melbourne, January 28. The South Australian Government agrees with Victoria that the colonies should have a right to make commercial treates direct with European Powers. INFECTED COUNTRIES. Sydney, January 29. South and Central America have been declared infected countries. CRICKET MATCH. Sydney, January 29. . In the return Intercolonial Cricket Match, New South Wales, in their first innings, made 465 —Moses, 147 : Garrett, 75. Victoria made 189 (Walters, 106 and 191 ; (Blaokham, 50). Turner, for New South Wales, took 15 wickets in the two innings for 174. New South Wales won in one innings, with 85 runs to spare. Each colopy has now won 23 matches. THE GAS STRIKE. > Sydney, January 29. 1 The Gas Company lost £33,000 by thi late strike. FRAUDS IN THE BEER AND > SPIRIT TRADE. ; Brisbane, January 28. Important disclosures have been ' made in connection with the beer and ' spirit trade in Queensland. An engraver f has confessed to making a plate of Foster's and Bass' labels, also of others, ; including the leading brands of whisky. • • The methods of working up the beer, I if edifying, are not over pleasant, as was 5 shown in one case where a lump of meat ' was thrown into the vat, arid left there I till the beer had obtained the proper [ flavour. The police are instituting pro--3 ceedings against those implicated. ___ • J SHIPPING. > Melbourne, January 29. ) Arrived : Wairarapa, s.s., from Bluff. 5 & Sydney, January£29. Sailed Hauroto, s.s., for Auckland. ■ - %