AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2761, 25 March 1890, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(BY, ELECTBIG TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT). Sydney, March 22. It is reported that during the recent 'rains a mail and. passenger train at Coorabra had a narrow escape. A person noticing the flood waters examined the line and found 20 ; sleepers hanging with the ballast completely wasted away underneath. By means of a signal by lighting kerosene and displaying a red silk handkerchief he stopped the train and averted a terrible catastrophe. The prospectus of the Bright Smile Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £30,000, to work the Kimberley claim at the Thames has been issued. Canon Sumarez Smith has accepted the Primacy of Australia, and leaves for Sydney iu three months' time. March 24. The Zetland for whose- safety some anxiety has been felt, arrived safely. She was delayed by head winds. The election of Canon Saumarez Smith, to the primacy of Australia, was officially announced at the Cathedral yesterday. Melbourne, March 24. Obituary : Howard-Smith, the head of the well-known shipping firm of that name, . ~ , . Ninety-six cases of dipthena were reported in Victoria last week, of which "25 resulted fatally. During the same .period there were 218 cases of typhoid. Cbombie, the publican, has been committed fer trial for the manslaughter of Robinson, whom he struck with an umbrella point, penetrating through the eye to the brain. Albany, March 21. Arrived: Austral. Passengers for New Zealand, Sir Walter, Lady, and Miss Buller. „ , „ BnisBANB, March 22. ; The fund in aid of the sufferers by the floods has reached £2000. >i. Further landslips have taken place in veriouaparts of the colony. At Rosewood a patch of ground, 100 acres in extent, moved bodily from its position. Thursday Island, March 24. Influenza and smallpox are reported at Singapore. . . , Sis- William McGregor, Adminstrator of British New Guinea, has returned from the exploration of the coast of that island as far as the Dutch territory. He met with member of a hunting tribe known ae Triggeries, whose existence has been disputed.