AUSTRALIAN HEWS.
SYDNEY, July 24 Storms of wildest description are raging off coast. Barque Vivid, bound Kaipara to Melbourne, put into harbor, having lost whole of her deck cargo, and having had her bulwarks damaged. Small coasting steamer Violent is missing. The Lachlan and Murray rivers are flooded. Considerable quantity of sic k
perishing. Kinora presents the appearance of an Esquimaux village. Houses are completely snowed in at Kiandra, where the hotel is approached by a tunnel cut ihrough the snow. Cook, leader of late Labour Party, who still commands a few followers, has declared for Reid, leader of the Opposition. Freetraders, from minority oi 9 in the old House, have attained a majority of 24 in the new Chamber. BRISBANE, July 24
Wragge predicts squally weather, with rain, in the Southern districts of N.Z.
Langston, Conroy, Roche, Turnbull, Flynn, and Shillington have been arrested on charge of being concerned with Prior in the shooting of Ashton, during signing of pastoralists’ agreement at Welshot station. MELBOURNE, July’ 24
Governor decided to retrench 500 men in railway department and 100 in other branches of the public service, including Chief Post Office. Special facilities will be given to these men to settle on Crown lands, and a proposal is before the Cabinet to grant them leave of absence for three months on full pav, or six months on half pay. HOBART, July 24
The Premier has telegraphed to Premiers of other Colonies suggesting establishment of a joint store in East End of London for cool storage and Colonial produce of all sorts. NEWCASTLE, July 25
The Duckenfield arrived from Napier this morning. She had rough time on the passage. She lost her propellor 2 days after leaving Napier, and hove to 3 days.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 759, 27 July 1894, Page 5
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291AUSTRALIAN HEWS. Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 759, 27 July 1894, Page 5
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