AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5, 6 July 1897, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

{Per Press Association.} Adelaide, July 4. A meeting of the local creditors of the Federal Bank has approved of the scheme of re-arrangement propounded by the English creditors. Mr Peake. who was recently returned to the Legislative Assembly by the Albert Electorate, has been unseated owing to irregularities in the voting, and a fresh election has been ordered. Bbishane, July 4. The revenue of the colony last year decreased by compared with that of the previous year. The revenue, however, exceeded the expenditure by about £9000. The main item of increase for the year was as to the railways, representing £"84,000. Sydney, This Day. The National Shipwreck Relief Society awarded Captain Qeorge, of the ketch Bellbird, recently wrecked at Cape Hawk, the gold medal for bravery in rescuing two of his crew. Newcastle, July 5. In the presence of a large gathering Jack Griffiths, the well known athlete, swung 51oz clubs for 36 hours — thus beating Burrows' recent world's record of 30 hours with 40oz clubs. Perth, July 5. The bodies of the explorers, Charles Wells and Jones, the long-lost members of the Cnlvert exploring expedition, lately found iv the desert, reached this city. Jones' diary ia cf vii incidental charaoter, and only records his doings when he made the fresh start from Separation Well after having returned to it. Their leader, Mr L. Well?, considers that the returning to Separation Well was the fatal mistake. Had the men kept on towards the Fitz roy river the.y would have struck the track ot the main party.