Australian Items.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 205, 28 February 1895, Page 2

Australian Items.

Since tbe flood myriads of crickets have made their appearance around Windsor, New South "Wales, and they are devouring everything. The fountain erected iv Burwood Park as a memorial of the late Mayor Paisley, who was murdered by the Council clerk about a year ago, was unveiled recently with much ceremony. The body of a man named George Nugent was found on the banks of the river Darling by two travellers about eight miles beyond Mount Murchison station. Death was due to exposure. William Hewett, a farmer, of Mimosa West, was thrown through the wheels of his waggon, both legs being crushed and broken. The injured man was driven to the Wagga hospital, a distance of 48 miles. The railway receipts of Tasmania show a net increase of for last year, as compared with the preceding year. Since the purchase of tbe main line the working expenses have been reduced to 28 per cent. The Geelong Protestant Ministers' Association has passed a resolution expressing regret at the action of the Geelong Town Council in approving of the proposal to run Sunday trains between Ballarat and Queenscliff. A wild duck at Kempsey, New South Wales, a few days a.go was found to have a piece of gold the size of the head of a tack in its crop. A redbill which was shot on the Belmore was also found to have a small piece of gold in its crop. It is stated on good authority that Mr James Inglis has already succeeded in floating the Cremorne Colliery (Sydney harbour), and that operations for the purpose of developing the property will be begun within a few weeks.