AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 201, 23 February 1895, Page 2

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« I RACEHORSE " PARIS" SENT HOME ANOTHER GOLD FIND. Per Press Association.) Sydney, February 21. The Pukaki has been docked for repairs, The damAged cargo consisted of 1500 bags of potatoes, oats and peas, and 700 bales of straw, which have all been unloaded at the Devonport wharf. Sailed — Wakatipu for Wellington ; Ka too tua has sailed for Auckland to-day with the Larrnketta in tow for part of the distance, the latter being too small to carry sufficient coal to enable her to steam the whole way. 1 he Conference of the Workers' Union protested against tbe employment of black labor in Queensland, and colored crews on mail steamers. This Day. Trade Returns for 1894 show imports into the colony decreased by £2,305,000, and exports by £2,343,000 as compared with the previous year. The racehorse Paris was shipped to England by the steamer Thermopylae. On arrival at Home he will be handed over to Lord Wm. Beresford, who will make all preparations for his racing there. Newcastle, This Day. Another strike among the collieries is inevitable. Brisbane, February 22. The Government state that there is no truth in the cable message announcing the colony has joined tbe cable guarantee. It is doubtful whether Queensland will depart from the position hitherto taken; up on the question. Hobart, Februnry 22. Arrived— Tongariro She sails at 2 p.m. for Wellington. Mr Audley Coote has been summoned to attend a conference on the routes ofthe proposed Pacific cable, and will therefore not seek reelection to the Council. This Day. The call of the Rev. C. H. Mclntyre to the North Dunedin Presbyterian Church has been sustained. An important gold find has been made near Ulverton. The reef outcrop is 10 feet wide and yields rich free gold.