AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6481, 26 September 1892, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Association— Electric Telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, Sept. 24. A severe storm was experienced here on Saturday morning, and the wind reached a velocity of 120 miles per hour. The gale was accompanied by a heavy rainfall, and it is estimated that quite two inches fell in a short period. The storm water caused quite LSOOO worth of damage to the city. The loss of two lives Ts reported. Yesterday afternoon Kemp rowed over the courso, and was declared the winner of the Kemp-Sullivan heat in the carnival. Sullivan is therefore out of the contest. At the amateur championship athletic meeting on Saturday the principal events resulted as follows :— Half-mile Flat : Mcßae (Victoria) 1 ; time, 2min. 8 3 sth sees. Mile Walk -Bullock ; time, 7min. 30seca. 100 Yards Flat— Shapoere and Madden ran a dead heat in lO^aecs. Three Mile Flat — Dalrymple 1," Corner 2, Morpeth 3 ; time, lomins. 48secs. 120 Yards Hurdles was won by Flott in 18 3-sth sees., and the 440 Yards Hurdles by Shappere in SUsecs. (Receired Sept. 2G, noon. It is stated that the coal miners ar« prepared to stand out for six months longer. Very bad weather has been experienced throughout the country. Four inches of snow has fallen at Glen Innes and Inverell. The potato crop in the Hawkesbary district has almost been destroyed. The engine of the Northern mail train was derailed at Eastwood, and a jockey named Delaney and another passenger were injured, while Huxley, a jockey, had a narrow escape of his life. News has been reeeiyed from the N«w Hebrides island to the effect that th« tribal wars are devastating the island of Malaicollo. (Receired Sept. 26, 12.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Sen. 24. Mr Shiels, Premier, is in favor of increased representation on the Federal Council. A reef, which is not marked on the chart, has been discovered four and a half miles north-cast of Crocodile Rock. About two years ago the ship Carlyle struck an unknown rock in this vicinity, and foundered. ADELAIDE, Sept. 26. A cable message- received from London on Friday last, stated that owing to conflicting reports regardiug the finances of the colony cabled to the English papers, confidence in Australian financial statements had been shaken. An enquiry shows that the English papers announced a deficit of LBOO,OOO, while the Colonial Treasurer early in the year stated there was a surplus. The Premier has requested the Colonial Office to correct such erroneous statements.