AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2640, 15 October 1895, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. Albany, October 14. Lord Brassey, the now Governor of Victoria* has derived in his yacht, the Sunbeam. She encountered heavy gales off Cape Loiiwin, wlierd sho arrived during the height of the rOcerlt soU’-westor, The little vessel pitched heavily, arid Lord Brassey was thrown violently against a binnacle* but not seriously hurt. Lord Brassey Will arrive in Melbourne on 22nd October; Sydney, October 14. The cable steamer Sherard Osborn has returned from her inspection of the New Zealand cables. The owners of the Duckenfield and Bank Creek collieries have notified a reduction in hewing rates. The miners state that they are only able to earn a bare existence at the present rates, and the reduction will bring them to the starvation level. The Cycling League’s Carnival next month will bring together the best cycling men in the colonies. Sanction is being obtained to the raising of the prize money to .£3OO, which is said to be the largest amount ever given at a cycling meeting in the world. Zimmerman, the famous American wheelman, will race the best Australian talent. Mr Fitzpatrick has been re-elected for Aylatone. Melbourne, October 14. During a violent thunderstorm at Warrnambool three women and a man standing under a telegraph pole were struck by lightning and paralysed. It is believed they will recover.