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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5257, 13 May 1895, Page 3

f Special to Pbess Association.] CARRIAGE OF VICTORIAN PRODUCE. MELBOURNE, Mat It. The Government haa completed arrangements with the Blue Anchor and Aberdeen Shipping Companies for carrying Victorian produce to England at substantially reduced rates. From June to September there will be a three-weekly service ; after that at intervals of from ten to fourteen days. ADELAIDE, May 11. The Government has approved of the Railway agreement. . . UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. ADELAIDE, Ma? 13. The inter-colonial University boat race was won by .Sydney by six lengths. Adelaide fouled Melbourne, and was diequalified for second place. IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY. PERTH, Mat 13. A reef thickly studded with coarse gold haa been discovered near Macgregor's claim, at Mount Catherine. Specimens enormously rich, fifty pounds weight, are calculated to contain one-third gold. The find ia important, a3 it proves thecontinua tion of the line of reef. NEW AUSTRALIANS RETURNED. SYDNEY, Mat 13. Eight New Australian?, accompanied by fifteen children, returned by the ship Mitredale. A SERIOUS CHARGE. MELBOURNE, Mat 13. The Premier has called on the directors of the Coal Creek Company to furnish him with a reply to articles which have appeared in the Argus/ showing that the money paid to them by the Government to assist in the development of the mine haß been distributed among the shareholders as dividends. INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY RATES. The Argus says that anything in the way of a railway concordant between Victoria, New South Wales and South • Anßtralia would necessarily be a dis- ' advantage to Victoria, and 1 therefore it is 1 a highly satisfactory conclusion to the i recent negotiations that the Victorian . Ministry refused to ratify the provisional J agreement. The Argus recognises that \ intercolonial railway amenities are not quite what they might be, but Bays that iB no reason why Viotoria should tamely lt give away her vantage ground.