AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10426, 26 April 1897, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Pt«sdAssoctoflun.-KlfrttrlcTeleeriiph.-Cop]rrlght. A BARQUE ASHORE. Sydney, April 25. tHE barque Addorley, reported to be in distress off Newcastle, drove ashore daring the night at Stockton beach. She lies high and dry. Tlio crow' walked ashdre. The barque was iii ballast from Fremantld. (the Adderloy i* a steel barque, build by Messrs. J. fteid and Co., of Glasgow, and is owned by Messrs. I'. \V. lielloclc and Co., of Liverpool. Slio was launched in ISSB, and is of the following dimensions :— Length, 2257 feet; breadth, 363 feet depth, 22 feet; tonnage, 1*239. She was to load coal at Newcastle for the West CoasD of South America.] DRUIDS (JALA. Meldournk, April 25. The Druids Wheel Race resulted : Body, 20 yards, 1 j Midrlleton, 50 yards, 2; K. Lewis, 40 yards, 3. Won comfortably in 4m. 595. Ten Miles Scralch Race : Walno t 1; Porta, 2 ; Martin, 3. Time, 24m. 20 l-sth s. STORMY WEATHER. Sydney, April 25. Heavy rain fell again' last night and con* tinued to-day. Encouraging reports ate to hand from tlio country districts, the sea continues rough.

OBITUARY. Sydney, April 24. Mr; E. M. Yotf(i|f, manager of the Australian Mortgage Laud Fillaritd Corn 1 * pa riy, is dead. Perth, April 24. Mr. Fred Pannetti, a well known New Zealand sportsman, has died of typhoid fever. NEW south Walks POLITICS; . Sydney, April 24. Ministers returned ttdiil Adelaide yester<' tlfijf and a Cabinet riieetihfr was held last night. Mr. Brtinker was appointed acting' Premier during Mr. Keid'a Absence in England. Mr. Oarrutliers will take charge' of the Federation Bill, which Will be one of the first measures to tie itilroditccd ljdxb session.

SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF A CRIME. Adelaide, April 23. A man named Beard lias been arrested al Streaky Bay On a charge iif ?ho6!lnj» 3 mate named Richard*. They vent kangaroo hunting three months ago. Beard recently returned alone, and a quantity of Richards', clothes and other belongings were found in lite possesion. He IriiorlfJeti the police' ilia!; Richards shot himself, arid he buried jjhe body. He took them to the grave. A bullet wound was found in Richards' skull. It is reported another mate of Beard's mysteriously disappeared last winter. Hi was supposed tti liafe gone' lit West An* tralia.