AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 61, 9 September 1895, Page 2

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(Per Press Association.) t Melbourne, Sept. 9. r Depositors and shareholders in the Ans- \ tralian Deposit and Mortgage Company have adopted a new scheme of reconstruc c tion. 1 The boiler exploded in connection with 8 the works of the Ea«le Hawk Alliance t mine. Portions of it were curried 150 yds ); one piece struck and killed a Chinaman i The engine and retort house were wrecked. 1 Sydney, September 7. Mr MacMillan adopts a critical attitude 1 towards Government, as he considers the * removal of duties in September was done s at an inconvenient period. ] A subsidsnee has taken place in clock ' Eleven, a strong body of steam and smoke is being emitted. .Kepresfiye measures ' are now being taken, but the use of gas owing to the numerous vents in the mine ' hardly realised expectations. Exploring parties visited the 800 aud 4 0 feet ] levels, however, withobt being inter- { fered witk by gas. ' Adelaide, Sep. 7. ' ■ The resident director of the Australian Gold Recovery Company has received a ■cable intimating that the opponents to the ' amendment of the McArthur-Forrest cyanide patents will not appeal against the decision of the pateut officers, as the time for appeal hns expired. It is presumed that the validity of the patents has 3 been established I Government adhere to their decision l respecting Nurse Graham and has infor- ; mcd the Hospital Board that they would . offer her leave of absence on full pay or 1 temporary appointment in another hosp--3 iial until the Board reinstated her. Gov--1 eminent added th.it they had nointention 3 of interfering with the present Board's - tenure of office. The Board replied that it refused to believe any future Board would bo dictated to by the Government. Pekth, Sep. 8. A party of four, organised by the North Western and Wes-t Australian Exploration Company, and led by Mr Mosely, have arrived at Coolgardie after a five months' journey from Port Augusta, across the heart of Central Australia in search of gold. They had eight camels and threa horses with them. The country travelled i was fearfully difficult to explore, and in " one part they had to cro3s a 700 mile '> stretch of desert, where they suffered V terrible hardships from the want of fodde er and wa'er, They had several other s dry strelches, but on the whole water ! - was fairly plentiful, though feed was very a scarce The blacks too were troublesome. • The party failed to make any gold dis--3 coveries of any importance, but Mosley s is confident that a wide area of auriferous country will be discovered, as there are plenty of promising signs. c Brisbank, This Day. r News lias reached Cooktown from 1 New Guinea of the murder of Mr Clarke, 4 leader of the Cairns Prospecting Party. • Clarke was in a boat minding the arms, and was being towed up the Clyde river by his comrades, who were ashore. Natives cut the line, clubbed Clarke, and destroyed the arms. The remainder of the party escaped. The Government party was also attacked by the natives. f