LATEST AUSTRALIAN

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3103, 24 July 1894, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN

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SYDNEY, Yesterday Owing to the illness of the Premier the Cabinet is not likely to meet before Wednesday to discuss what action shall bo taken in consequence of the adverse result of the elections. The steamer Phcobe has returned without finding any trace of the Duckinfield. Owing to the success of the previous venture another shipment of 2000 frozen rabbits was sent to London to-day. It is expected that regular consignments will follow. (Received 11.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, This day Storms of the wildest description are raging off the coast. Tho barque Vivid, bound from Kaipara to Melbourne, has put into the harbor having lost tire whole j of her deck cargo, and she also had her bulwarks damaged. Tho small coasting Hteamer Violet is missing. The s.s. Phoebe makes another start to search for tho missing steamer Duckenfiold as scon as the weather moderates. This time she will zigzig across as far I as Wellington. The Lachlan and Murray rivers are in I flood and a considerable quantity of I stock is perishing. Kiandra presents the appearance of an Esqimaux village. Houses are complet- ly snowed in and tho Kiandra Hotel is approached by a tunnel j cut through the snow. At a meeting of the Now South Wales Rugby Union a cable v\ as receivod from I the New Zealand Union stating that the J latter would pay the expenses of the Now South Wales team in New Zealand and I

return the visit iu 1896. Acting on the Bu gg©Btion of the Queensland delegate, tho Union affirmed the desirableness of establishing an Intercolonial Board to secure uniformity of rules throughout the various colonies. The details were referred to a sub-committee to report upon. (Reoeived 11. 45 a.ra.) BRISBANE, This day Mr Wraggo predicts equally weather with rain in the southern districts of New Zealand. Messrs LaDgston, Conroy, Roche, Turnbull, Flynn, and Shillir.gton have been arrested on a charge of being concerned with Prior in shootiug Ashton. MELBOURNE, This day The Government havo decided to retrench 500 men in the Railway Department and 100 in the other branches of the publio services, including tho chief post offices. Special facilities will bo given to these mea to settle on Crown Lands, and a proposal is before tho Cabinet to grant them leave of absence for throe mouths on full pay or six mouths on payA nugget of gold weighing 161 b was found near Inglewood. HOBART, This day Tho Premier has telegraphed to the Premiers of the other colonies, suggesting tho establishment of a joint store in tho east end of London for the cool storage of colonial produce of all sorts.