LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 897, 15 August 1879, Page 2

LATER AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[NEW ZEALAND fRESS ASSOCIATION.] VICTORIA. Last years' yield of wheat is ntfw estimated at 6,060,737' bushels.; oats, 2,336,026 bushels. The-first official returns were,grossly .incorrect as regards wheat ...:.>; ir ■; . ; • An additiphal'jßfty. tnousand. pounds worth of silver coin is expected' from the Melbourne Mint, in October. The Acclimatisation S66iety"of France have awarded Sir J 3. Wilson the gold medal of the Ist class, for' successfully introducing, California Salmon into Australian waters. A sculling, match with" outriggers takes place on the lower Yarra, on August 23rd, between W. Hearn and C. A. Messenger, who claims the" chain* piouship of Victoria. " A. B. Natham, Clerk, of the Crown Lands Department, was charged with receiving a.gold watch valued .at £2l; alleged, to be stolen from a young man mme.d Thelites, mitted having the number of'the ; watch altered" r and'.stated that' he bought it for, £i from' Rpbfr. Harris, wfre tillered he'brought it'.fi^m/New I, Zbalan ! d.' v^^: .; r '", The proposed'.W^enH^iire".for the current year is. millions.*'' : . : " : ' ; "" '. It, is rumoured that a claim Mahout to he :' made against" "the \(|pveriimerit for,ah,immense' tracr of Janet"in .Meiboume/on which'"is maunfacturies, part_ 6'f'tte Bay railway,' &c 7 ' valued at five millions. The alleged : 'pwp6r.claifas the land as absolutely old Government' "grant before 1 the separation, oi. Victoria ■ Jrom New South Wales'.- ,-. ;c;7',v' '"' "" ' The pursuit of. .the Kellys have already cast Victoria i!2p,oooibr extra police"/;" , y -.-.' : :"..." .'-.;'•■-!.-V'. ' •.. : Woodlands is. Melr bourne Cnp, " AX>V■,..:?-. . NEW-SOUTH: WMfiS^v-w August the 4th obseWedas a public holiday in honpar of nor's arrival;- 'The ;day wet and bteck£ and- a depressing- -e'ffect on the demonstration•'-) lO,0O0 ::: p"epple received Lord-Eoftus on Orrcnlar'Qliay. The boats manned by the Naval Bri-gade-escorted the Governor ashore, Tvhere-the Premier, with a'brilliant assemblage 'welcomed him,- the crowd ; w&rmly cheering. The Governor ■ -proceeded to the Government House where his commission was read, and he was sworn •■ in,.., Lord Loftus described' the Sydney harbour 'as'marvellously beautiful ; and enchanting. .-..-*■ r An extraordinary, accident happened at the Xitligow ;Valley - sawmills., The shaft and ..machinery- becQtoing disarr ranged, the circular saw .was smashed, the fragments fl-yitog in'all directions with terrific npiee, one man was killed and two thrown into the air, but escaped injury. „. /, a . "._.,;, ..; ; ... _..; Several floods have ocaured in the Gouldburn, Gunnedah and TaEaworth districts. Several lives have been lost. The French ironship* Rhine arrived with three hundred tons measurement of exhibits. -, -: •: QUEENSLAND. " The New Guinea" natives stole some of the iron bars off the'missionary steamer Ellangowari. " A party landed at Port Dudfield to recover the property, but the natives surrounded.them, attacking them with spears'and stones. Captain Dudfield killed one of the assailants.- The party escaped to the boat under cover ■of the confusion. H.M.S. Beagle afterwards'recovered the property. She proceeds to Cloudy Bay in pursuit of the murderers of Irons, and will burn the villages and plantations unless the murderers are surrendered. • Fourteen thousand people visiied the Brisbane Exhibition. .-• SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The Echunga diggers request the Government to frame laws regulating diamond searching. For remainder of news see last pas?e.