AUSTRALIAN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

Uniter Press Association —Per Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. WINTRY WEATHER. •v SYDNEY, Juae 26. A cold snap of winter, is/over the land, and snow has fallen. in the'' highlands. HIGH-PRICED SHEEP. Forty-one guineas were paid at the sheep . sales by Mr -Seth-Smith, of New Zealand, for yearling Shropshire ewes from Mr Hansen's Tasmanian flock. This is said to be the world's record for yearling ewes. :-.:--BISHOP OF NEWCASTLE. Dr Stretch has been enthroned: as Bishop of Newcastle. The ceremonial- was an impressive one. > , . DEMANDS FROM THE EAST.. : The'-.Premier states' that- the 1 V Government ; has been empowered to seTect eight or ten; engineers and surveyors for a large engineering work in the East, the salaries ranging:!-to £IOOO a year. The mame of the cgrihfry is not disclosed. The Premier also announced that an order is likely i^o: 'be -placed for at least half a mil- : ft° n Plods' worth'"of material for the East, : to be:>nlanufactured in this-State. Probably it-Nvill be one of the most important orders '.they have ever received, and tend greatly-to improve trade.'.. —'•- - - ■-<-- - ; A GREAT''STORM. The •' centre of the Autartic disturbaneeat present is South of Tasmania. The barometer;is.down to 28.94 and the wind; is blowing with a force : of. sixty, miles. Probably"it. will abate within twenty-four" hours. ; There is much delay of southern telegraphic traffic. • SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST.,,* -Official; statistics show that the yield of, lasfc=harvest totalled 20,143,000 bushels,' and the general average. 11| ■, bushels per acre. The money value: w,as £3,500,000. ' '■ ■•* •( ' '■- '' Vj <•'-'" FLOODS IN TASMANIA. BEOBART, Juiae 26. Reports of floods come from all'' over? the island, but no disasters have^occurred., An extensive, landslip, extending' 'three miles, has blocked the -Mount Lyell railway. ...,-■- - - . THE, EXHIBITION. -.- v MELBOURNE, June 26. Mr Deakin %ill probably : : aii.-" nouncement day or two in- reference to the representation* of the Commonwealth at the New 'Zealand Exhibition. THE FEDERAL MAIL CONTRACT. Mr Deakin is still making a mystery over the English mail contract. Various efforts made to draw him have failed.