AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 201, 12 September 1894, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I (Bv Electric Telegraph Copyright.) ! (Phi: PiiKHfi Association) Wreck of the Ringarooma. Syonpv, September 10. ! Further details by way of Noumea show j that the Kingaroorun went ashore atßa.ni. oa Hint August. The accident ia attributed to variation <»f companae*. and the dlect i of s current of nbnonual force, the course of wkieh i iniJieat'.'l <»i Ui» cliajfte three j mile, ou'anle it. r.-f po< ‘ <m. The Kinga ruoniu wa. sleaiuinv nine knot, at the ■ time. The ve.wel i n.,w xtandinf! ulinoat on ea i and i. dry dp to thu forward funnel at low water. The outer bottom D pone, but the inner in utill intact. She has hoan j lightened by jatlieomnt; :.U0 tons of coal

and projectile* on to the reef. The officers havo succeeded in shifting the ship six feet by kedgiag. When H.M.S. Dart left the scene, the wind was in a. favorable quarter, and if the inner bottom holds and the weather keeps fine she may be floated off, as the reef is believed to be soft. Received 0.40 a.m. Floods in the Murray. Sydney, September 11. The Murray is in high Hood. A woman named Shepherd and a mam named Sayers and a child were drowned through the capsizing of a boat, in which they were escaping from their house. Received 12.20 a.m. The Arawa. Sydney, This Day. Arrived—Arawa. The Primate is a passenger. Lady Glasgow left the ship at Fiji, joining u, direct steamer to New Zealand. Following our Lead. Sydney. This Day. It is understood that at th* special invitation of the Government an official ©i tho New Zealand Income Tax Department will visit Sydney to give information as to the working of the system. A Suggestion. Sydney, This Day. Th* President of the Shearers’ Union has suggested a basis for mediation by the Couoiliation Board. He urges the paatoralists should allov shearing for the remainder of the season on what is known as the verbal agreement, a conference to be held not later than January to determine the terms of a new agreement for next eeason. The pastoralists up to the present have not replied. Asking for Relief. Melbourne, This Day. Another large Building Society (The Modern Permanent), has been compelled to ask its creditors to accept 2.V per cent, instead of live offered under the reconstruction scheme.