LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5047, 10 June 1895, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

* Received, June 10,10A5 a.m. Sydney, Juno 10. A total of 912 candidatosproaonted themselves for tho Sydney Trinity College Musical Examinations, This is a largo increase on any previous year. The stallion Nordenfeldt, is dead. He wrenched his back while galloping in a paddock. Eastern news by tho steamer Taihan, state that'a terrible whirlwind and liail storm swept over Japan, about the middle of May, Hundreds of buildings wero destroyed, soven persons killodkand many wouuded. Tokio also sufßred greatly, and many lives wero'lost. Colic is still raging at Macao, the average daily death rate being about • thirty. Tho epidemic hasentiroly disappeared from Hong Kong, Cholera is raging at Bangkok. Melbourne, Juno 10. • Claude Porignon has been fined £SOO for importing two thousand sheep from New South Walei without paying duty. Adelaide, June 10. Mr Patrick Glynn, a National Defence League candidate, has been jlectod for the North Adelaide constituency, in theplace of Mr Hawker, leceased. Port Darwin, Juno 10, Two teamsters named Mulligan > ind Ligar, carrying rations to tho Victoria Downs Station, wero ittackcd by a largo body of blacks, Jijjar, although badly speared, issisted Mulligan to mako a bamado among'tho wagons, with flout' ;ags, and they stood at bay for three lays, and then drovo off thoir nts with their rifles, and escJPd. 'he blacks returned and looted the amp, and then made off.