AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
GENERAL ITEMS. (Per Pre*# Assoriation. —CojHjriijht.) Sydney, June 18. Heavy rain has fallen and has at last extended to the drought districts of the interior, where there has been a heavy fall. Similar reports are to hand from Victoria and South Australia. This day. John Henderson, late master of the Excelsior, trading with the islands and New Zealand, hn.s recovered £IOO damages against the Sydney Daily Telegraph for libel contained in an article referring to certain trouble which arose with regard to the discharge of the vessel's cargo at Suva in May last year. Mei.boi'bxe, This Day.
Meagre information from an influential London authority with reference to Mr E. T. Hooley's proposal to amalgamate the Australian and New Zealand meat freezingcompanies points to the fact that his oiler wili be on a full cash basis. It is also stated that the meat companies' deal is not the only Australian industry that Mr Hooley has an eye upon. The amount received for tbe Queen's Memorial Hospital exceeds £1:>,000. Brishaxe, This day. General heavy rain is falling and the drought has fairly broken up.
The Intercolonial Fruit Conference has opened. The delegates include New Zealand. The object is to devise federal methods for dealing with exported fruits.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 352, 19 June 1897, Page 3
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