AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3501, 1 December 1894, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(by electric telegraph-copyright), Sydney, November 29. The Hon. W. P. Eeeves is investigating the working of the Labour Bureau and the lunacy departments. A serious outbreak of typhoid has occurred at Wyalong, four deaths having occurred within the last 24. hours.

Ter. shearers at/Forbes have been sentenced to terms of from one to three years in connection with the recent outrages. Loekwood, the English cricketer, had'.a narrow escape from being drowned while bathing in the middle harbour.

The steamer Gwydir, from Sydney to Newcastle, is a total wreck on a reef south of Bird Island. No lives w.ere lost. The vessel is insured in the South British office for £4OOO, The Gwydir was re-insured in local offices,

The bush fires in the Urana district extend over a tract of country ten miles wide. They are now burning right up to the Murray. Nothing stops their progress, and the farmers, are sustaining heavy losses. Rear-Admiral Bowden-Smith denies that the cruiser Katoowba is structurally defective or leaking. A. small leak, he says, was discovered in the condenser, but it was not of a serious character.

November 30, The Gwydir was run ashore in order to save life.

In the Legislative Assembly, the Land and lucome Tax Assessment ' Bill was read a second time by 63 to 17.

Rev. Anderson, of West Maitland,. has accepted the Bishopric of Riverina. Melbourne, November 30. A crushing from the Show claim at Wedderburn yielded 112|oz. gold to the ton.

Bbisbane, November 23. The new Z\ per cent, loan is purely for conversion purposes. November 30. A Ministerial crisis has arisen. In the Legislative Assembly Mr J. Han> ilton moved the adjournment of the House in order to protest against the Government not giving effect to the wish of the majority of the House for an increase in the payment to mem* bers. Mr Power contended that when the Council rejected the Payment of Members Bill the Government should have tacked the amount on to the Appropriation Bill. The motion was carried by 32 to 28.

Adelaide, November 30. The report furnished by the judges at the instance of the Government, on the question of whether the privileges of the Press should be restricted in reporting divorce,takes up the stand of the President of the English Divorce Court that the advantages of. publicity outweigh the drawbacks, Perth, November 30. .

Stone taken from the reef at Mount George, Southern Cross, yielded at the rate of a thousand ounces of gold, to the ton,