AUSTRALIAN CABLES

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 274, 26 May 1897, Page 2

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'Per Press As'-oi.'intion.i Ai'.'.iun.K, May 2-1. Tho triennial eiortioi; of Lalf tin: luonibofH "t the Ligi.-lativo Council has takcu place. The return* aro ineoui-. plcto, but so far arc most salisl.vctory to the Labour I\irty. Tlm i'l^sctit iudica tioiis are that tho Government will have a majority in the Council. At this elec tiou women voted for the first time iv this colony. Pkptii. Mny 22. A rich find is lvpovie-.i from the Qneon Margavet South mini', K;il;:ooriie Gold to tho extent of 35<K>z b;is been taken ont of a few feet of the lode. Some of the stone is almost pure gold. Sydxky, This Day. Several other of tho drought cirxken districts in the South mid W'rst report that creeks and springs ha >t mysteriously commenced running. The Mayor of Sydney h r 'S aeo.'pteil an offur of 500 sheep from tlie Pastoral Finance Co. to provide Jubilee dinners for the poor. IloH.un 1 , This Day. There was a severe shrck of earthquake at Eddystone. The houses rocked, but there was no serious damage done. Brisbane, This Day. Divers have located tiie damage to the steamer Duke of Devonshire. It consists of two largfl holes inside, caused by the vessel striking an vmknown rock. The steamer has been floated into shallower water and the cargo is being discharged. Melbourne, May 25. The Court has ordered the sale of the brig Phyllis, which on a recent voyage from Eockhaiuplou bad three time 3to be provisioned by passing ships, the proceeds to go to satisfy the crews claim for arrears of wages. Several had obtained verdicts against the owners.