AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10427, 27 April 1897, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Pmu Aisoclatioa—Electric Teleginpli.-Copyrijhl HEAVY RAINFALL. Sydnet, April 26. Five inches of rain have fallen in Sydney, and the fall has been equally heavy throughout the coastal districts. TREMENDOUS SEA ON THE COAST. Sydney, April 26. Vessels arriving report a tremendous sea. The carpenter of the steamer Coraki was washed overboard and drowned. The ship

Adderly is embedded in the sand, and will probably became a total wreck. BANKING RETURNS. Sydney, April 26. The quarterly banking returns show tin total assets have increased by £225,00(1 compared with the previous quarter. The total liabilities have increased by £721,000. Deposits bearing interest have decreased £144,000; those nnt bearing interest have increued £857,000. Coin, bullion, and advances have slightly decreased. The proportion of the reserve to liabilities is 22 8 par cent), compared with 22'6 last quarter. THE PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, April 26. Mr. and Mrs, Kingston leave for England on Wednesday. NEW SOUTH WALES COALFIELDS. Sydney, April 26. On the advice of the Agent-General and a board of experts., the Government have appointed Mr. Atkinson, manager of the BarrowSteelCompany's collieries, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Chief Inspector of Coalfields in New South Wales. THE JOINT STOCK BANK. Sydney, April 26. At a meeting of the Joint Stock Bank the directors' now scheme of re-arrangement l was adopted. THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT, Sydney, April 26. A detachment of 55 members of the Permanent Artillery and Submarine Miners under the command of Captain Danyar, sailed to-day to participate in the Queen's celebrations. DROWNED IN A SEWER. Melbodrnk, April 26. Twoßowerageemploy&j,SullivanandM»c> phereon, were cleaning the low level main at the foot of George-street, when a teemendous shower flooded the channel. They were washed away and drowned before they could be warned. The bodies have not been recovered, RECEPTION OP BUTLER. Sydney, April 26. Butler will be transferred to the police launch at eoon as the steamer enters the Heads, and landed at a quiet place on the shore of the harbour. He will be taken by a roundabout way to Darlinghurst Gaol, NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT. Sydney, April 26. Parliament will be opened by the Governor at noon to-morrow. The speech will deal with the visit of the Premier to England, and will announce that the Federation Bill will bo at once submitted. The programme includos a Bill to amend the law of libel, and BilU to provide for rabbib destruction, and extension of light railways to pastoral districts; while a Referendum Bill will be introduced in the Council. It hag been found impossible to deal with law reform this session, but a special session will be held next year to deal with the question.