AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5631, 28 November 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

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By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. — Per [Press Ass'n.— Rec'd Nov 2S, J a.m.] SYDNEY, Nov. 27. The claim brought by the owner of the steamer Centennial against the owners of the Kanahooka for damages and loss sustained in collision, in which the former steamer sunk, has been dismissed. The owners of the collier Kanahooka were awarded L 2335 damages and costs. The Judge held that the collision between the steamers Centennial and Kanahooka bad been brought about by the master o_ the former vessel. (Received November 28, 1.20 p.m.) Nov. 28. The railway transactions for the year show the gross earnings to be L 2,538,000 and working expenses L 1,634,000,, 634,000, leaving a net earning of L 904.000, which upon the capital invested on lines open, gives a return of 3% per cent. MELBOURNE, Nov. 28. The Captain of theMessageriesMaratime Coy's steamer Yarra has been acquitted on the charge of negligence in suppressing the fact that thero were cases of small on board his vessel, when she entered port on 12th November. HOBART, Nov. 27. R.M.S. Tongariro arrived from Plymouth via Cape at 5 o'clock this morning, and leaves agaiii for Wellington at eight to-night. She landed 54 passengers here for Australian ports. THURSDAY ISLAND, Nov. 28. Rev. Mr Savage, who was reported to have been murdered by the natives at Dcbeere, New Guinea, has arrived here.