AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 210, 10 January 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT BROKEN HILL. A NICE BANKRUPTCY RECORD NARROW ESCAPE FROM ICEBERGS. ANOTHER CASE OF POISONING. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, January 9 A heavy subsidence occurred in the Prop notary Mine at Broken Hill, in the southern portion. The men left the mine, but two men named Jones and Richardson went in again to fetch some tools when a mass of earth fell and they were buried. It will be fully two dajs before they can be dug ont, and there is no hope of saving them. This Day, The sliip Persian Empire, from Buenos Ayres, had many escapes during the voyage from destruction by icebergs which were met -with in latitude 44, South. The ice extended over an area of thirteen hundred miles, and one ice field was between forty and fifty miles in length. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned in what is known as the Glebe poisoning case. The victim was a man named Unwin who found a bottle of whiskey in his own buggy and drank some, giving a portion of the contents to another man. Both men became ill and Unwin died. The analysis showed the whiskey contained arsenic in large quantities. It was expected the strikers in the Southern collieries would march in a body and try to induce the South Clifton miners ito join them. The police, receiving notice of their intention, formed a guard round the mine and this apparently had the effect of preventing a demonstration. Melbouhne, January 9. A list of bankruptcies during the past year shows the total debts in the insolvent estates amounted to three million three hundred and sixty-two thousand, and the assets were set down at three million five hundred and forty thousand. Three estates paid Id in the £, one 2d, five 3d, seyen 6d, one Bd, three 9d, and thirteen Is. The assistant hangman will probably undertake Mrs KDorr's execution. Only the press and the gaol officials will be present. A petition for commutation of the sentence was presented by Marshall Lyle, barrister. This Day. Arrived — St Kilda, from Wanganui, The Premier, Mr J. B. Patterson, does not agree with the view of Mr Kidd, the New South Wales Postmaster-General in reference to the proposed working of the New Caledonian cable after leaving Figi. Experts state that several vineyards iv the Bendigo district are badly effected with phylloxera. The imports for the year are valued at .414,174,000, a reduction of 8,000,000 on the previous year. Exports are valued at i.12,964,000, a reduction of 11,250,000 as compared with the previous year. Adelaide, This Day There is a serious outbreak of lung disease among stock in the middle of the Northern districts. Hobabt, This Day. As far as win be seen the political parties are pretty evenly divided. The opposition count on a majority of three or four.