GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 6112, 14 December 1898, Page 2

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

(Received December 13, 10.10 p.m.l Sydxbv, December 13. A Chinese named Wong Ming has been executed at Dubbo for the inui'der of a fellow-countryman. The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges of corruption against the Minister of Works in the recent elections exonjrales the Minister,

The Government statistical report on the wheat yield of 0,072,000 bushels, or an average of B'l bushels, the lowest average since 18SS.

(Recciwl December 15,12.10 a.m.) Loxnux, December 13, An uproarious ineotinj; of tlio Great Boulder Company (West Australia) rejected tho committee's recommendation to rescind the milling contract and eject the directors from office. - Loxnox, December 12. Haire's icrator, for purifying, sweetening and preserving low grade butters, has been tested at Dublin. The inventor claims that the tests demonstrated the success of the invention, Svdxev December 12. The tiydmj Hominy Herald states that the result of continued unfavourable conditions reduces the estimated wheat yield of the colony to about 9,000,000 bushels. The Mount Keira miners have adopted new regulations for receiving different payment for large and small coal weighed separately—tho basis of the agreement for the whole of the southern collieries;

A mau named Haines has died at Wagga Wagga from anthrax comuiunicated by the bite of a spider,