AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 81, 7 February 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

,' By Electrio Telegraph. — Copyright 1 [PEB UNITED PBXBS ASSOCIATION^ Sidnbt, February 4. ' The sculling race between T. Clifford and P. Kemp, for L2<)o aaside and the Championship of the World, will be rowed over the championship course on the Paramatta River. The race takes place on the 11th. : •, • February 6. The cricket match between a combined Australian team and Lilly white's eleven, i was contined to-day, but rain fell during the^day, and spoiled the wicket, especially for the Australians. The English* r "men continued their innings, and are all out For 295. Newha W XS3), Docker (21) ;" -Smith. (17 t ) and Qrain (not out 14) were the principal scorers. GGarrett t took three wickets. The Australians then went in i for '' their second innings, and when time - was. called had lost seven wickets for 78. Bannerman (not out 45) being the i principal scorer. .;.'• Mblboubnb, February 6. ' Mr James Service lias returned from his European trip. He has not yet determined whether he will re-enter politics. p The steamer Australasian visited the Croaet Islands on the passage out from [ London. Signals were made, and cannon i fired from the steamer, with a view to attracting the attention of any castaways ( on the islands, but there was no sign of . life or recent habitation on the islands. • A reet not marked on the chart was dis- _ covered »ome distance from the islands. . Pebth, W. A , February 6. Extensive, floods have occurred in the '. Gerald ton district, on the northwestern I coast, about 300 miles from this city. 1 Houses were submerged, and the occu* I pants had to seek refuge on the house- ! tops, where they, were kept the whole 1 night and part of the next day. The railway and telegraph lines have been muuh damaged by the floods, and the , total less in the district is estimated at i £50,000. - ;"