AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 193, 16 December 1893, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

RICH DISCOVERY OF SILVER. FATAL AFFRAY BETWEEN CHINAMEN. OUTRAGES BY THE BLACKS. (PER PBEBS ASSOCIATION). Hobabt, Deo. 15. A rich discovery of silver ore has been made in the Mount Lyell Mine. Seventy tons of ore were taken out while cutting a cb amber at a 50ft level. When as. saved it yielded 98,000 ounces of silver. Melbourne, Dec. Id. Two Chinamen quarrelled near Bairnsdale, when one chopped the other to death with a tomahawk and then committed suicide by cutting open his abdomen with the same weapon. This Day. The Minister of Lands has received a communication how the Association formed in Adelaide to establish a co» I operative settlement on the lines of the "New Australia" colony in Paraguay. The Minister hat replied to the Association stating that there is no area suitable for their purpose available in Victoria. ■Brisbane, Dec. 15. Five native troopers escaped down the Ducie River, but the other five are be lieved to have been killed. Fully 300 natives took part in the attack on the police force. Adelaide, This Day The Budget of the Northern Territory shows the finances are going from bad to worse. The annual match between New South Wales and South Australia is being played on a wet wioket. The* latter, who went in first, were all out for a 106, of which Lyons made 83 and G. Giffen 47. New Sonth Wales have lost two wickets for 27. Sydney, This Day. A letter passed by the Council of the Anglican churches and signed by the JJriniate, urges the electors to consider not only the capacity but to give a special weight to the claims and character of candidates at the coming elections. Perth, This Day. Eight aboriginals were burned to death in a bush fire at Eyre, The telegraph lineman only escaped by galloping 18 miles in front of the fire.