AUSTRALIAN.
♦ [Special to Peess Association. J — THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY. Q SYDNEY, March 18. S • The Bishop of Salisbury is a passenger by the Warrimoo for Canada. £• i THE CYANIDE PROCESS. i A commission kao been appointed by ri -j those interested in the cyanide procees fto collect evidence as to the ueo of cyanide prior to the issue of patent rights. Mr j Greenaway, agent of tho Carsel Gold Eo9, covery Company, who has gone to Auckry land, had several interviews with the t, Directors of the Great Mercury, Kapai, !j Vermont and Koatonu Companies on tho >fc subject of the process. ; c ! THE LATE GOVEENOR. it j SY DNEY, March 19. q ■ Messages of sympathy continue to pour y in on Lady Dull, She haß written to tho ' c Premier thanking him cs the repreaentaj tive of the whole of the people oi the colony ! . for the heartfelt sympathy iv her time of ! I trouble, which she will ever remember with \ r the warmest gratitude. Arrangements are ' . being completed for tbo family to leave for . Englaud in six weeks. Lady Duff has ex- ; pressed the wish that har husband's i remains may find a permanent resting ; t place at Waverley, and probably arrange- . mente will be made to this end. : | OBITUARY. i The Eev Isaac Williams, one of the oldest Baptist ministers in the eoloDy, is 1 dead. i j thetimbeetea.de. It j Mr Gavin Scott, who baa returned from ; ■ a visit to Europe made ia the interests of > , tha timber trade, is convinced that there ■' is a magnificent market open for Australian timber, especially for sleepers and paving blockß. The simples he took j created a good impression, and were ad- i mitted to be superior to American and x other timbers. Mr Scjott, who secured ' o several trial orders, strongly advocates ' ' Government assistance in developing the c trade. I EIVERINA WHEAT- GEO WING. a ; A large influx of Victorian farmera con- r< tinues into the Eiverina districts, where ! thoy are engaging in wheat-growing. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. r( PEETH, March 18. ti The Governor, Sir W. Robinson, has c< left on a visit to England, having been ' granted three months' Jeave of absence. w GOLD-MINING. PERTH, March 19. ,8 o ■ Two nuggets weighing 950z have been jit found at Murchison. A very rich reef haa w beea struck near tho Pinnacles, and it is w also reported {.hat good alluvial gold has been found near Coolgardie, the locality being kept secret. . H TEACHEES' TEST CASE, re MELBOURNE, Mauch 19. The full court dealt with the appeal case of Mrs Mattiagley, one of the sixty-seven j m married teachers dispensed with under the retrenchment scheme, who brought a test case against the Government for wrongful co diamissßl. Mr Justice A' Beckett held that ■ B< her services had been legally' dispensed with, but that she wus entitled to salary jo by way of damages, in addition to tho ! in ilO paid into court in satisfaction of oil or claims. Against this the Crown appealed, and Justice A'Beckett's judgment was re- y versed except in regard to the i>lo. 0 FIRE. f a MELBOURNE, March 19. ne A fira at Lister and Co.'c, wine merchants, caused damage to the extent of .£4OOO. All W( tho insurances are local. ?? NEW CATHiiLIC_CATHEDEAL. " BRISBANE7HIRCir-rer~ ~ The foundation stone of Eockhampton a^ cathedral was laid by Bishop Cani' (Roman Catholic). •
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5211, 19 March 1895, Page 3
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