AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1608, 14 January 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(Per Rotouuhana at the Blaff.) ' y-.:-'(#KR ffiflTKt) PRESS ASSOCIATION.*} ' I ■ Melbourne, /Jan. 6. Th« fire. which occurred" on Wednesday,, night'ai » itiie- ■ Melbourne "Storage ■*\Vbr"kß, Yarra Bank, was-finally put out at 9 o]clook;onyTJiurs.day. morning. " } The damage is estimated at, £20,00,0,. the companies .interested being the Norwich. r > JJntQ.nL London" " and Lancashire, and Queenl The bulk of the destroyed goods 'were unm-iiired.' The "Queen office : 'will be ca|led on' 'to pay .£900,' arid ! the .'Nor;J • wjch Union £1000. The fire/ waa/originaily I caused by straw, cat «hing fire. ; A . large proportion, of the. stores being kero-. Bfpej the heat was : intense. All the fire, brigades were present,, but coiifd' make no i repression until the fire had almost burnt atself out. ' ! ! A dispute has taken place between the operative plasterers and their employers, which' resulted on Monday m 250 men goingj on strike. The men insist on a • reduction of working hotirs- from 48. *pef Sweek to 44*, at tSe same rate ' of wages, namely £3 per week. The action of the men cause considerable inconvenience. 5 ! ; ■■ ; BarjonVon Mueller received a telegram ilast evening from camel driver ' named Billoch, who was with M'lntyre < m hi& exploring expedition m 1866. The telegram, which is sent' from Clon- . curry,' > nßland l > > : ;^Btates that Billoch hasif qund the remain* of the e% : plbrerJLeichardt. v ;;, . : The heat^durinff;i;lie la«t fe^fiayi^ • has been intense, and bash fires have been reported 'in various parts' hit rjtie] colony. .At OamperdoVrn terrible Tbush fires jraged all day, when the "wind changfed, and the" (township/ was. filled 'with dense smoke. At Oobdeh' Forest the fiames'sprcfad to houses and- fences, 1 , wjiich' were destroyed . There is~; a,_ !gtAa,ti quantity of damage done m the. Cape Otway forests for miles,. extending ; down to Lome on the* sea cda'st 'Tile crops and fences belonging to .selectors have peen destroyed, and an immense amount 'lot property' damaged at Cblac.' : The %mok^ yesterday waß so dense that artificial I light was supplied to business during the day >"■.. ■, ;. •. , ; : ; r. Thti l Cbristchurch ■ Telegraph' has the following :4— Ducing^ those festive days which] cluster; around,, the 9th. November • a resident of Ashbur ton visited the .Cathedral (|sity to sen the. Show r ahd return straight home. A- latenl?pfendehcy'' i tb sport however m his unquiet breast Was tanned into a flame, if tbe^bnll" r may be" excused, and he wo^kedVit ..ou,t by borrowing a pound f rour .'a "* friend and going) "the old hog'! «t one day's races. He.r«tufhcii u to 'the littie villagflAforesaid without either making* 1 his pile or refunding the pound. -Yesterday the 4 *CHKsiehurch fKepd received a letter- :f^, " I w<as at church last night, and could ; not piy proper attetition to the ; sermon ; : Something, distracted .my mind. Suddenly j a qualm of conscience came over' me that I had not "repaid' yoa the; pound borrowed a month agp.. Enclosed Us. cheque, &c, &c." The. Christchurch man's reply was-r" Pound i received. Send ' along that 3 preacher v wilt you ? I y^ant to put him up m some Christchurch pulpitsi"; A- sensational revival?may . ac«'; cordingly be e.xpected shortly. . :■.:,,.; i•. = : Uahlon now says his defeuta by Beach; were paused by the hot climate of New South 1 Wales, and the severity of, the, Paramatta course, which he terms !.'• a tricky "one. Most people ate under the impression that the real ' cause was thut he met his master, and had to suffer the inevitable consequence' of superior- physical strength and equal skill, i When Trickett and Laycock went down before him m England owing largely to the cold climate, which affected therm most injuriously, H?nlon< mocked th^m m their momenta o£defeat,' and showed himself anything but a generous victor. He was treated better when his own downfall befell him. .The gold returns for the. month of November, for the Thames district,shew that of tne total yield of 9147 ozs, no less tftan ;7333 were the resr.lt of 1334 toiiß-of stuff from the now celebrated Cambria mine. A few. such mines as the Cambria would give the Thames back its pristine attractions, and make it a veritable El Dornndo. ■ The richest ! stbue m the Cambria comes from 300 below the surface. ; The bulk of the yield ■ last month comes from little over half a ton of picked stone. It is doubtful if a richer lode has ' ever been worked m any part of the world. One effect of the frozen meat industry h us been to reduce the selling value of sheep! m Eh<;laiid from 30 to 40 per cent. N,o bonder the Home graziers are strong in -their efforts to discourage the- Introduction of New Zealand and Australion frozen mutton into England. The River Platelshoep are not liked by the consumers, a8 the fat is i.ot of the firin^palatable quality of our New. Zealand, fed -sheep, which rival the best Scotch mutton m quality and weight. : ; i ' -— i ■ — '■*•■ - Remambcr that a little Hop Bitten saves • g Doctor's bills, and cures .when all else toils. Don't , take unless Am. Oo.'s make. Read For Consumption *' Baxter* Lung Praservor hat been signally suoeessful