AUSTRALIAN NEWS,

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3161, 27 September 1892, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS,

(l!V KLKCTItIC TKLKORAI'II.— COI'YIUGHT.) ■SVIIXKV, S.'|]tc'iiil)i;i' 2(i. It is slated t.lint tho (Mill-miners are pivpared to stand nut six months longer. Tin- engine of tho northern mail train wis derailed at, Eastwood, :ni<l u. jockey named Delaney find another passenger injured, while Huxley, the .ikey, bad a narrow escai)c of losing » s life. ATkliiourxk, September 20. A reef which is not. marked on the chart has been discovered four and alialf miles north-east of Crocodile rock. About two years ago tho ship Carlyle struck an unknown rock in this vicinity and foundere:l. Atikuuim:, September 26. A cable message received from London oil Friday last stated that owing to the conflicting reports regarding the finance of the colony cabled to the English papers, confidence in Australian financial statements had been shaken. Inquiry has shown that tho English papers announced a deficit of £N0(),00(), while the Colonial Treasurer, early in the year, stated there was a surplus. The Premier has requested the Colonial Office to correct such erroneous statements. Brisbane, September 26. F. liorrocks, the young man convicted of murdering a now arrival named Weisuniller, suffered the extreme penalty of the law to-clny. lie showed no signs of fear, and walked to tho gallows with a firm tread. Death was instantaneous.