AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9722, 13 June 1893, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Adelaide, June 18

Dr, Reynolds, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, died to-day, aged 59. He had been ailing for some time past. Albaky, June 12. Arrived : Himalaya from London Passengers for New Zealand — Mrs Taylor, Messrs Taylor, Stonford, Davidson, Barker, Fischon, Hind, and Wilson. The Himalaya made a record passage, heating the record of the R.M.S. Australia by ten hours. It is probable her mails will rsach Adelaide on the 26th day from date of embarkation. Melbodbne, June 12. The manager of the Standard newspaper \ra« to-day fined £25 for contempt of Court in allowing a comment to appear in the columns of that paper on the Sjeight-Affe libel case, which is sub judice. Sydney, June 12. Heavy rain has been falling on the coast, and the northern rivers are in flood. A branch of the Australian Joint Stock Bank at a town named Bargo, near Orange, has been broken into by three masked, men. The manager was stunned, and one of the men kept guard against a surprise, while the others forced open the safe. The robbers got away with notes and gold of the value of £1,000.

Sydney, June 18. The notes stolen from the Bargo branch of the Australian Joint Stock Bank were not signed.

Bmsbane, June 13. Part of Ipswich is under water, and Goodna and other places in the valley of the Brisbane river are more or less submerged. At Gympie the riverside cultivations hare been swept away.

Disastrous floods have occurred afc Maryborough and Bundaberg. The damage is estimated at many thousands of pounds. The principal sufferers aie the unfortunate farmers who were ruined by tho February floods.

A man named Howell was drowned when trying to rescue a black boy, and a line repairer also peri3hed near Maryborough.

A considerable portion of South Brisbane is undor water. The river is now receding.

The Columbia wad the only mine flooded at Gympie.