Australian.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10657, 4 March 1903, Page 4

Australian.

Adelaide, March 3. Excitement continues in connection with 'the Arltunga gold find, and it is heightened by the reported discovery of two new fifteen-inch reefs, showing gold freely. Many are leaving for the field, including a number of well-knotfn mining men. Several of the early claims are stated to be giving rich returns. Prospectors are warned of the necessity of. being well equipped and financed, owing to the distance and difficulty of access, and the scarcity of water and food. Perth, March 3. The police at Port Cunningham re- , port that a party of four divers went ! ashore, and subsequently the survivor stated that one of the party killed two others, Malays, whose bodies have been recovered, with a stick and' knife. The murderer has escaped into the bush. Sydney,. March. 3. The New [South Wales and Victorian Methodist Conferences have adopted resolutions opposing the totalisator. The Railway Commissioner, Mr Fehpn, expresses himself struck during .his visit with the prosperous condition of the pastoral, agricultural, and- mineral industries of New Zealand. The railways are working -up to a high standard; and the general appearance of prosperity is heightened' by the absence of groups of unemployed, j