GENERAL ITEMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9947, 24 January 1900, Page 2

GENERAL ITEMS.

Westralia'a gold export for the year, - 1899, is 1,643,8760z, valued at .£0,246,731. Queensland's gold yieid for tho pasl year was 947,6260z, or an increase of 27,5780z on the yield for the previoua year. Mr Trenwith's visit to New Zealand is to bear fruit. He liaff given notice of mo-, tion for leave to introduce a bill in the Victorian Parliament to provide for tho settlement of industrial disputes \*j conciliation and arbitration. The deaths of five boarded-out infanta wore reported to the Melbourne coroner in one day last week. The children were all in ill-health, but were not considered to be in immediate danger until the recent protracted heat wave. In each cass death occurred suddenly. The concrete at the Mnndarins restrvoir tor the water supply of Coolgardie was commenced last week. The capacity of the reservoir is about 4,000,000,000 gallons. Tho superstructure, which ha» been giving some trouble, is now pro^ nounced to be absolutely safe. The steamer Duke of Portland left London on Decer/'ber 15, with 20 married couples, 221 single men, 147 single girls, aud 38 clu'dren for Queensland. The sivgle men and girls are farm labourers, and domestic, servants respectively, wlw are coming 1o the colony under the Government immigration scheme.