AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 212, 12 January 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

DISASTROUS FLOODS. FIRE IN THE MELBOURNE POST OFFICE. BANK RETURNS. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Bhisbane. Ibis Day The goods train at Longreach ran over a trolly of occupants. Two men jumped off and escaped without serious injury, but a woman and child were cut to pieces. Pbrtii, This Day. Crushings at theMurchison Goldfields are yielding three to live ounces per ton. Sydhey, This Day. While Ministers are sanguine that they will retain their seats on the Treasury benches when Parliament meets, many of their supporters are despondent and say they will not be surprised if the Government is defeated. The members of the party hold a secret meeting shortly to discuss a policy. The floods at the Mangahore district are the heaviest for 40 years past. The Theatre Royal and other buildings at Broken Hill have been destroyed by lire. Melbourne, This Day. A large lire in the General Post Office destroyed the instrument fitting room and damaged the dead letter and parcel post branch. The amount of the damage is not yet ascertained. Some very valuable instruments were lost. The Bank results for the past quarter show deposits amount to £321,184,000 against £3o,94;),000 for the previous quarter; advances £45,942,000 against £47,702,000. Coin and bullion £8,245,---000 against £8,031,000.