AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6260, 6 January 1892, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[Press AsiocUition— Electric Telegraph— Copyright.] SYDNEY, Jan. 5. Arrived : Mariposa from 'Frisco via Auckland : Tekapo, from Wellington. The damage caused by the fire on board the Lincoln is estimated at L 15,000. The hull is insured in New York, but the amount of the policy is not known. Some 45,000 ft of timber is destroyed. The cargo is insured for 12,000 dollars. The vessel is a complete wreck. The bush fires in Riverina district have done over LoO, 000 worth of damage. Jan. s. —The fire on the barque Lincoln is likely to burn all day. The forepart of the vessel is burnt to the water's edge, and the after part is merely a shell. The fore mast and mainmast fell this morning and the mizzen mast was cut away for safety. The insurances on the vessel are unknown. MELBOURNE, Jan. 5. The second innings of Australians closed for 236, the highest scores being McLeod 30 and Trott 23. Sharpe took 2 wickets for 25 runs, Lohmann 2 for 51, Athwell 2 for 51. In their second innings the Englishmen have seven wickets down for 104, Grace contributing 25, Peel 22, Stoddart 35. The London correspondent of the Age had an interview with one of the largest Australian bank managers in the city on the subject of Victorian finance. During the conversation reference was incidentally made to New Zealand, and the bank manager stated that as a general rule everything connected with Australia was extremely sound, and the way in wliich New Zealand had pulled round and the sacrifices the people hati made to preserve the colony's credit had done good to the whole of Australia. Jan. 6. — Sailed yesterday, Te Anau for Bluff. NEWCASTLE, Jan. 6. The difficulty between the mine owners and colliers is smoothing over, and there is every hope of a settlement taking place, though several miners have stopped M-ork f I'om various causes. ADELAIDE, Jan. 6. Mr C. C. Dingston, M.A., for West Adelaide, has joined the Ministry owing to the resignation of Sir J. C. Bray, Colonial Secretary, who takes up the position of AgentGeneral. A re-arrangement of portfolios will shortly take place. Mr Playford, the Premier, intends visiting India, and will inquire into the proposal to settle with Indians the Northern Territory.