AUSTRALIAN.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 1314, 10 July 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN.

[Press AsßOCUTieN—Coptribht.] Melbourne, July 8. An important discovery'of coal is reported from the basin of the Purarl river, In New Guinea, There is a Jargp surface outcrop of high quality. The find is ten miles from a good waterway. A meeting of shareholders of the 'Dunlop Rubber Company approved rf a reconstruction scheme with a view to increasing the capital. Sydney, July 8. Mrs Collins, of Waterloo, while.suffering from melancholia fatally poisoned herself and her infant. The l^y South Walea gqld yjejil for six months was 88,582 ounces of fine gold valued at £376,274, an increase of 3680 ounces as compared with the same period of last year. Adelaide, July 8. The Commnowealth has completed arrangements for the lease of the Port Auguata Oojuatta railway from South AiistriiUa. Brisbane, July 9. Charlesville reports state that sheep are d^jing in all directions owing to the drought. A thousand are being removed to South Australia to Save then». ,