AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3603, 6 August 1895, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

',.'(BY 'EtEOTkIO TELKQRAPH-OpPYRIGHT. j i ' l .., ','!,'»'". '."''.!' August £ In the Assembly,;the motion'jtb fix theSalary of futurei' Governors' was rejected. ■The Government considered that it was' an insult;' and interfered''with constitutional •principle. '^° v/ (ii: v-.r'

r: .;'.},l-;i!':<|. v;j. )ADELAIDE,;August 3. .Severe earthquake shocks'were felt ior .several,,places northern: districts. j Houses and-furniture rockecJ, and at Bagot's Hill a,house was;Revefely(ianiasjed, ut) r " i' ! ';!'' ' iU r : ] A departmental' report, on thei vil!i?ge settlements states that during their two years' experience £36,000 have been 1 expended in establishing and developing the State's operations. 'Colonies on the indV yidual system'have.been ■■ fairly ; successful,, but very few of those formed by societies .or associations worked harmoniously, and , many were .disbanded, while those still in existence are in almost every, case workingon individual lines,'. ■, The causes which led !'to the rioh-s'iiccess of the settlements are I the large numbers of men totally unfitted '■ for the' life.' The land was poor, and in 'some cases where it is good there was hope ofibutside: labour or a market for the piO' -.dUCe.-,;.-;?-; :;■■■■.- ~: ~ Sydney, August 5. ~ .The. captain of the barque Excelsior reports a. terrific passage. He never, -pected to reach port. The deck cargo was thrown overboard to lighten the vessel. She put into Norfolk Island for provisions, and encountered a terrible gale : after leaving there. The vessel strained so heavily that it took the pumps all tha time to keep her free of water.