AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10278, 2 November 1896, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Press Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright INCREASE OP SEAMEN'S WAGES, Sydney, October 31. It is understood that the steamship owner* have increased the wages of seamen, firemen, and trimmers by £1 por month from to-morrow. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Sydney, October 31. Daring a violent storm yesterday, a girl named Twomey was tilled at Windsor. A woman named Dodd, living in the same town, had her head split open, and a camel driver was killed at Wileannia, all from the effect of lightning. THE LOSS OF THE DAYSPRING. Sydney, October 31. The Dayapring Board has decided to negotiate with the Australasian New Hebrides Company to provide a maritime service till the end of the year 1897. Brisbane, October 31. The missing boat of the Dayspring hai arrived safely at Cape Capricorn. Thi men were very exhausted. They reporl that the boat capsized in mid-ocean, bu| was righted. Very rough weather wai experienced in reaching tho Queensland const. When the Dayspring's boat capsized in mid-ocean the crew lost all their provision! and fresh water. After the boat capsized, the D&yspring crew recovered several tins of preserved meat and a beaker of water. After theia were finished they subsisted for over a week on cocoanuts, dried birds, and brackish water, RAINFALL. Sydney, November 1. Heavy rain is falling throughout thecoma try. THE CITY OF MELBOURNE BANK CASES. Melbourne, October 31. The judge has finished his summing up n the City of Melbourne Bank case. He, ' said he did nob like to speak ill of dead men, but Longmuir had certainly behaved most unfaithfully towards the directors. lb was, he said, hard that they should be, called upon to account for matters which, he had concealed from them. The jury are considering their verdict. GOLD RETURNS. Melbourne, October 31. The Minister of Mines has arranged to cable the quarterly gold returns of the colony to tho leading English papers. OBITUARY. Melbourne, October 31. The death is announced of Arthur Bay. ley, who discovered Bayloy's reward claim, Coolgardio. FUND FOR DISTRESSED FARMERS Adelaide, October 31. The drought stricken farmers fund has already reached £1800. THE ADELAIDE HOSPITAL DISPUTE, Adelaide, October 31, ' The Executive has docided to dismiss Archibald Watson, pathologist at the ?hospita). AN UNFORTUNATE PROSPECTING PARTY. | Brisbane, October 31. - Fears are entertained for a prospecting party in New Guinea. It was reported on the 16th that they had been massacred, but that turned out to be incorrect, and details show that their boat capsized and three wbito men, McDonald, Gibson, and MoNaraara, together with four natives, were drowned. , Another white man, named Davelin, reached the shore, but died from exhaustion. The fate of the remainder if Unknown. 'THE TICHBORNE CASE. . V, Sydney, November 1, i •;.. A letter sent to the Colonial Seoretary by Mr. Priestman, attorney for the Rev, ', Edward , Williams, a Roman Catholli clergyman in Devonshire, England, as an old friend of the Dowager Lady.Tichborhe,':. ,j; requested, the delivery into the attorney's •; care the custody of the person'of Rog§r v Charles' Doughty ' Tiqhborne, £ otherwise , known as William Cress well , • the, necessary bond of £500 to be forthcoming as soon as / the Colonial . Secretary's J ' intentions ' ate known., N» >•;,"{,' i Among the passengers. by the WatvlßQfl,> ~\ from Vancouver is Lady Tiohborno. ; •',:• r' .-'.■ .