AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 207, 10 December 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ANOTHER GOLD RUSH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 9, 9.35 p.m. Sydney, December 9. A rush has set in to the gold find near Narrandera. It is believed to be a continuation of the famous Wyalong and Temora gold belts. Ten pounds specimens yielded seventeen pennyweights of gold. A CORRECTION. Received 9, 9.30 p.m. Sydney, December 9. The recently cabied medical report referred to Victorian, and not to New South Wales schools. QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY. Receive! 9, 9.30 p.m. Brisbane, December 9. The following professors have been appointed to the Queensland University: Chemistry, Dr. Steele, Melbourne University; mathematics, Professor Priestley. Cambridge University; engineering, 'Professor Gibson, Sydney University; classics, Professor Michie. Cambridge University. „i »<•» f ■ -1 THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. Received 10, 1.5 a.m. , Sydney, December 9. The warships Challenger i'tliu Prometheus are reeommissioned for another term on the Australian station, and the new crews have joined. WHARF LABORERS DISPUTE. Received 10, 1.10 a.m. Melbourne, December 9. The local wharf laborers, following the example set by the lumpers at Adelaide, refused to unload the sugar cargo of the steamer Gracchus. A MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Received 10, 1.10 a.m. Melbourne, December 9. A powerfully built man. found on the steps at Princes Bridge, died without regaining consciousness. His injuries are supposed to be the result of a fall. A wallet hearing the name "R. J. Price," and a first-class ticket from Wellington to Sydney in the same name are included in'his belongings.