AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10074, 9 March 1896, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

STRIKE IN A COLLIERY. Sydney, March 7. The Hetton colliery has ceased work. Th# wheelers are coming out on strike.

METHODIST UNION. Melbourne, March 7.

The Wesley an Conference has carried a, series of resolutions to the effect that, proTided the reports of the churches vera satisfactory, organic union should be con* I summated in 1902.

THE PEARL DISASTER.

Brisbane, March 7. The efforts to raise the Pearl have been successful, The hull is in a terribly battered, condition and full of mud. The upper has been torn away, and the main den* swept) clean. No bodies were found, FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, March 7. The floods at Georgetown wrought havoo in the cemetery, many of the graves being scoured out and almost all tombstones de« stroyed. Traffic has been suspended in every direction, and as supplies are failing fears of a famine are entertained.

THE ADELAIDE HOSPITAL DISPUTE.

Adelaide, March 7. ( The hospital trouble has advanced a further stage. Owing to the presence of Dr. Hynes on the Board one member of the new Board withdrew. The honorary staff also resigned. Hynes took up a determined' attitude at the outset, but subsequently notified that he would resign, complaining that he was attacked by rivals in the pro fesslon for political purposes. The Board' now asks the honorary staff to reconsider their resignations.

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT.

Rockhampion, March 8.

A boat from Beeswing, containing Chief Officer Swires and two seamem, while landing at Lake Creek, swept against the anchor chain. The boat was smashed, and Swires and one seaman named Scharping were drowned. A STEAMER ASHORE. Albany, M arch 7. The steamer MacGregor went ashore during a heavy gale while leaving Marana harbour. She will probably be floated off. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES Perth, March 7. Mr. Owen, the representative of well known English and American enginoerfng firms, who have erected a number of batteries on the goidfields, has expressed the opinion that the best way to solve the difficulty of obtaining water for crushing purposes would be to bring the ore to the water. This would be much cheaper and better than taking the water to the mines.

to estimates the mines now going in for evelopment require 10,000 head of

stampers, which means an enormous quantity of water, more than he sees any likelihood of obtaining. The Govern mat ought to be able to arrange railway freights by which it would pay both the Government to carry and the companies to send ore to the seaboard. , NORFOLK ISLAND. - J Sydney, March 8. Messrs. Adams and Quintal, Norfolk Islanders, condemn Mr. Oliver's asser tion re morality )a< etc., on the Island as a grave libel 1, on their island. They say. they : intend to bring the matter before the residents there, ; with a view .of their taking action to vindi6a*l their rights. . •