AUSTRALIA NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8053, 21 February 1906, Page 2

AUSTRALIA NEWS.

SWELTERING BOURKE,

f Ueceived 20, 10 15 p.m. i i Svda'hv, February 20. From December lilth to January | 25tk tLo thermometer at Bourke, only on seven occasions was below 100, the . loivesl reading boing ninety three, Tko balance of the period ranged 101 to 120. ; TKADK WmfTHE EAST. Received 2(1, 10.45 p m, Mbisu.vne, February 20. Merchants liavo arranged to pay ; J , on(! ** tlic Government agent in tho 1 East ,C 1 for every & of Government salary received. MARINE L\(,»niiY, Received 20, 10.15 p.m. Bhisuani:, February 20. At the preliminary inquiry i u ( u the stranding of the st-amer Australia, Captain MeArllinr was exonerated from all blame, the mishap being attributed to abnormal currents la I'riueess Cl,a r . lotte Bav. SI'ORTING. Received 2(1, I.S a.m. Sydkky, February 20. Poiupous is a strong favorite for the Newmarket Handicap in both Sydney and Melbourne at six to one. MINE FIRE SUBSIDING. Ueceived 20, i.N a.m. SYD.vhy, February 20*. The work has bjeu resumed in tho Proprietory Mine, excepting in tho area affected by the tire. population statistics. lieceived 20, l.s p.m. Mki-boi'bsk, February 20. Ike population returns show tho |otal arrivals i„ the Commonwealth last year were 48,680 and the departures 10,620. The arrivals of British origin numbered 311,808, and the departures 38,0«8. The colored arrivals 6087 C 3W1 ' " nd th ° dcpartures