AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2162, 29 January 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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[Per 9.8. Wakatipu, at Wellington.] MELBOURNE, January 21. Typhoid fever-and diphtheria are said to be prevalent at aonae parts of the colony. The Navigation Board commenced an inquiry yesterday into the wreck of the Hereford. The principal evidence was given by the first and second officers, which went_ to show that on the night in question the wind kept shifting, and, as there was a heavy ground swell, it was impossible to get the ship round as she lost steerage way altogether. The captain was charged with neglecting to use the deep sea line when near the reef. The Government of the United States has promptly recognised in a handsome manner the efforts of the officers and crew of the steamer Dawn in rescuing the survivors from the wreck of the Eric the Rod, and testimonials will arrive shortly. An accident occurred on Thursday in the Great Southern mine. Two men were being lowered in a cage, when the clutch drum broke, rendering the engine powerless. The cage ran down with great velocity, and two brothers, named David and Thos. Olapperton, were killed.

The railway pass given to the Chief Justice of Queensland, which had been specially sent him when he was invited to visit the exhibition having been cancelled, His Honor sent a cheque to the railway department covering the amount of the journey. Louis Pereira, a restaurant keeper in Bourke street, has been fined £2O and costa for selling tickets for a sweepstake on the Champion Race.

TEMORA, January 22. Some Victorian capitalists have made an offer to the miners at Temora that if they will guarantee 200,000 loads of dirt at 5s a load they would place puddling machinery on the lead, and flume water to the machines. BRISBANE, January 22, Mr Dupare writes to the “ Echo,” relative to the prevailing incredulity about Mr Skuthorpo’s discovery of relics, that a mutiny occurred at Loiohardt’s camp while Claesan was absent seeking water. Leiohardt was struck down by one of his own men, and ultimately died from the effect of the blow in Olassan’s care. The mutineers started for the south-west with most of the horses and equipments. The blacks reported that he had been killed by other tribes.

The efforts made this morning to get the Callaroy off by tugs and hawsers failed. It is now proposed to use chains attached to powerful winches in punts anchored a short distance off the shore.

ADELAIDE, January 22. The Central Road Board has expressed a strong objection to the practice of occupying the centres of roads by tramways, considering it detrimental to road traffic.