AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4996, 10 June 1891, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

(Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ) (per nnxED press association.) Received Jane 10, at 11.50 a.in.] Sydney, June 10. Heavy weather appears to be passing towards New Zealand. In the second attempt the pilot crew were successful in rescuing the crew of the schooner Venus. Sir Henry Parkcs is strongly opposed to the influx of expelled Russian Jews to Australia, and has instructed Sir Saul Samuel, Agent General, to watch their movements closely. Arrived —Eliza Firth, from Tairua ; Killarney, from Whangaroa. Melbourne, June 10. Arrived Circe, from Invercargill ; sailed—Waitemata, for Kaipara. The Chamber of Manufacturers has affirmed the desirableness of participating in the World's Fair at Chicago in 1803. Adelaide, June 10. Arrived—Oamaru, from Mercury Bay. In the House of Assembly, Dr Cockburn has tabled a want-of-confidence motion in the Government. Brisbane, June 10. A rich gold reef has been discovered at Megtown, about 120 miles west of Cooktown, Nineteen tons of stone from the reef have yielded 457 ounces of gold. A gale of unprecedented violence swept over the city yesterday, causing considerable damage. The sea swept over the esplanade at Sandgate, flooding the houses to the depth of a foot. Heavy rain fell over the colony generally. The Glenmire and Great Eastern mines at Gympsie are flooded and 300 men rendered idle.