AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8413, 12 January 1899, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Electric Telegraph—Copyright— United Press Association.) SYDNEY. Jan. 11. A cyclone did great damage at Welliug ton. A church Was Unroofed, and a number of chimneys were blown clown The damage is estimated at over £2000. (Received Jan, 12, 10 a.m.) Jan. 12.— Sir George Turner, Mr Kingston, and Sir E. C. N. Braddon agree to a Premier's conference on federation and to the admission of Queensland to the conference. MELBOURNE, Ja». 11. Sir George Turner has agreed to Mr Reid's proposal fora conference of Premiers on Federation, and suggests that they meet at Melbourne on the 31st instant. He also agrees that the Premier of Queensland should be invited. (Received Jan. 12, 10 a.m.) Jk Jan. 12.— The racehorses Battalion, The Grafter, Syerla, His Grace, Sailor Boy, and Manazona have been shipped to England by the a.a. Aberdeen. BRISBANE, Jan. 12. An extremely rich find of opals has been made at Opaltou. An opal band eleven feel in length and the thickness of a man's thigh was struclt, valued at from £7000 to £10,000. ADELAIDE, Jan. 12. The Superintendent of Telegraphs re< ports that the value of cablegrams received and despatched in Australia last year was • £464,000,^ compared with £495,000 the U previous year. The number of messages tl decreased by nearly 26,000. ']