AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10328, 8 June 1895, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydney, Juno 8. A number- of aboriginals at Fernwounfc drunk a, bottle of poisonous liquid supplied by a man named JolinT Kelly, in the beli- fc.that it was fucn. Two gitt'3' have since died, and four others are in a dangevous condition, Kelly lms been arrested. The damage' caused by the fire in the engine sheds at Harden is estimated at £2,000. Several engines have suffered slig.it damage. The agricultural statistics for the year ended March last show that the area under cultivation in fcho colony was 1,326,000 acres, an increase on the previous year of 110,000 acres. The wheat area showed an inoieaso o[ 53,000 acres; last year's yield amounted to 7,01-1,000 bushels, an increase of 540,000 bushels, giving an aveinge of 10-9 bushels per ,icre. The yield oE other crops, generaliy speaking, shows a decrease on tho average.

There was quite a boom in tlie produce market yesterday, and most of the lines closed at an -advance, with a strong upward tendency. ButteFadvancfldono penny; bran and pollard sold, at- lOd; oatß, prime feeding, 2s Id; ruajze, 2s Cd; onions, £4 to £4 10a.

A large number of entries have been received by the. {-Sheep Breeders' Assopialion for the firat show opening on Juno 29. They -include all the chief New Zealand breeders, ■ whbT. will be strongly represented in tha 1 -ngwool classes.

Thep. P(cnii6tr ha'a received a communioalbn from Mr Eddy,, requesting him not to bring the question of salary befoio Parliament. ? Mr Reid, supposes ~that thia^iudicates that -fijr-' Eddy will' not accept a i engagement. The output pf' tlie Proprietary Mine last week was over 200,0000zs of silvor. _• Bbisbane, June 8. A band of blacks attacked a camp of Chinese miners in the Maytown district, and killed ono and_dangerously, wounded another. % " - The warship Dart biofc with" a- furious gale on her way- from" Sydnoy to Brisbane. Onptnin Hewiog was thrown acros3 tho deck and had two ribs broken, and onß of the crew " was genonsly injured.

A good storyt is told ofctho rocent " stabbing woman " panic in London. A lady who shared tho panic was going home ono afternoon, when in a lonely, part of her road a woman, respectably dressod, asked bor the way to the very square in -which she lived. ThinTung this was a certaia prelude to tlie usual stab of the knife, the lady, with great presence of miud, hit her 'interrogator two violent blows in the face with the handle of her umbrella, which put her to flight, and ran home nt the top of her speed. It was an adventura of which she thought she had reason to be proud, though it rather upset her. She had advertised for a cook, and at 5 o'clock Bhe was expecting a person tc call upon her for the .situation. She did not arrive, however, till noarly G, and then not in a very presentable condition. A bandage was on her forehead, and somo stinkingplaster over her nose. "I am sorry," she said, " to bo late, ma'am, but I havo had a frightful adventure. I asked my way to your house of a person who almost looked like a lady, and she up with her umbrella and knocked me about most dioadful. However, I am glad I escaped, for I havo no doubt it was tho Kensington Eippor."

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