LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2670, 11 April 1885, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

■ >—-< [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. THE LATE BANK ROBBERY IN TASMANIA. RECOVERY OF STOLEN NOTES. THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND SEPARATION CONVENTION. THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT IN SOUDAN. SIX RUSSIAN MEN-OF-WAR LEFT CAPETOWN. (Received April 10, 2.40 p.m.) Latjnceston, April 10. Bank notes to the value of £2OOO have been found in the bush near the the scene of the robbery of the Branch Bank of Tasmania, at Beaconsfield, in July last. Brisbane, April 10. A convention is now sitting here to discuss the question of the separation of Northern and Southern Queensland. All the delegates present are representatives of the northern districts. Sydney, April 10. Arrived, yesterday, the Pacific Mail steamship Zealandia, from Auckland. Sailed, from Newcastle, this morning, the steamship Tckapo, for Wellington. Sailed, the Hauroto, for Wellington, to-day. Private telegrams to hand announce the arrival of the New South Wales contingent at Handoub ; all well. Melbourne, April 9. Arrived, yesterday afternoon, the Waihora, from the Bluff. Arrived, last night, the steamship Manapouii, from the Bluff. (Received April 11, 3.40 p.m.) April 11. The Victorian Government having made inquiries as to the alleged preaence of Russian war vessels at the Cape, Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Cape Colony, telegraphs a reply that nix men-of-war belonging tn Russia left Capetown at the end of February, their ostensible destination leiug Europe and ludia.