AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 70, 19 September 1896, Page 2

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(Per Press Association. l Melbourne, Sept. 15. The report of the Mil.inra Commission states grave errors were made in laying out the settlement and making provision for supply of water. Tlio belief is expressed that Chaffey Bros, initiated the K-lu-mc wiihout ocpital, though at the fiim- M.-pnruncu was given they were men o( ln:-^(> ujeaias. The Commissioners find thut irrigation channels were hnr-tily and imperfectly constructed, whereby 50 per cent of water was lost through soakago. The Treasurer's Budget of last year estimated the deficit at L 112 ,500 but later pa^uiL-ms reduced it to L 77,000. Sydnky, Sept. 18. A highly important development has taken place in connection with the Government artesian boring in dry country. At a depth of 1800 feet the bore in the Wilcannii district struck a splendid supply of fresh water, the flow being a million and a half gallons daily. Experts claim (he discharge ot certain fossils from the bore established an important geological fact. This Day. Obituary — Thomas Buckland, fcr many years president of the Bank of N.y.W. He was well known in pastoral pursuits in Wellington in his early years. The announcement of a settlement of the Bulli dispute was premature, as it is now mentioned that the ma'-ters absolutely decline to admit the men's demand or to refer the question to arbitration. Albany, This Day. The New Zealand Government steamer Tutanekai called in bore yes terday and left again in the evening for Hobarfc.