CABLE NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1707, 19 January 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

RICH GOLD FINDS IN AUSTRALIA.

' Melbourne,. January 17. Two pounds weight of gold has been found on the. old Wombat diggings, near Oihea, in a few hours’ by two men. ■ : '% ■ £ _ Perth, Jan. 17. Reports continue to be received from Coolgardie about marvellous finds, said to be equal to. tho Londonderry field. Gerald, the propi’ioter of Kavpialis said to be the / discovlreiyfiut;; no, authentic information oaa. be" had at; presents A camel team.i^ 1 said to have brought in a ton of specimens tvhicli are said to eclipse anything yet /found on the field. A largfe prospecting party, have gone out, j The purchase money for the Londpndenyi mine, ■ amounting to Llßo,OooLwas paid yesterday. The stamp du|y on the transfers of leases was L9oj/. FIGHTING iNTiFRICA. " ' THE ITALIANS DEFEAT THE ABYSSINLANS. ' TWO ENGAGEMENTS. -■" ' ' - /Cairo, Jan. 10. . Italian troops defeated 10,000 Abyssinians at Coatit|, The battle lasted all day. The natives lost heavily, but the casualties on file; Italian side were slight; % m , - A second day’s/figliting took place, after which the ihyssinians retreated. The Italians losfcflo2 men in the second engagement. I . . ■tf THE GERMAN ARMY. : ' f ACTS OF INSUBORDINATION. I | Berlin, Jan. 16. ■ One hundred and sixty-four non- . commissioned officers in the German " Army R&ye b/ien sentenced to terms of imprisonmeif varying from six weeks to five years, on charges of insubordination. |: ! AN IRRIGATION SCHEME. fh Sndney, January 17. . The Government is sending an expert irrigationist to Bourke to plot out 400 acresln the vicinity of the artesian bore in tf enty-acre farms. The Government will also establish an expert mental farm to illustrate the best methods' of irrigation. I 1 ■ _