AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 89, 14 January 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ANOTHER TRAGICAL CASE.

By Electric Telegraph.— -Copyright i [PEB THTITBD PBESS ASSOCIATION.) StdnßT, January .12. The New Zealand residents in this, city have formed a Protection ' Union. The harvest prospects of the northern distriots are excellent.: . The weather is very hot,, but favorable to . the wheat crop, which is no w nearly all cut. The grain is fine, and the best obtained for years. If the 1 weather holds good for another three weeks it is estimated that the yield will supply all colonial wants, and should this be accomplished, it will be „ the first occasion in the history of the people. ->-■--. £100,000 worth of business was done ■■' here yesterday, and at Melbourne ithe business done is said to average £350,000 1 per day, one broker alone having earned £1300: by commission in one day. • d- Mr Allen, who is eleoted for Padding ton, -though a protectionist, was dis* avowed by the protectionist Union/ ■■:.--•'■•■ AnsLAiDB, Jsiauary 12. There is considerable exoitement in mining stock, which is attributed to the recent rich discoveries at Broken . Hill. It is stated that British capitalists are sending out large amounts for investment in this colony. r ABbisbakb, January 12 Mr FitzGerald, a resident of War- : wick, a municipal town situated on the ; river Condamine, has died trom the effeots of poison, which it is believed was administered: on Christmas : Day; y Mrs FitzGerald (his wife) and her daughter are believed to be implicated, and have been arrested on a charge of murder. Heavy floods are being experienced in the rivers, and several of the railway bridges have been badly damaged. 7 Mblbovbhb, January 12. It is estimated that 193,000 tons of wheat are available, for export.;