AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 177, 13 December 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SYDNEY GOVERNMENT HOUSE. By Cable—Press Assoeiation-^Copyright, Sydney, December 12. i A peculiar situation has arisen in (connection with the contemplated legal (proceedings in reference to Lord Denjman's eviction. The difficulty has arisen in the nomination of respondent. The j Crown is defendant in actions against | the Government, but in this case the I Crown appears to be the aggrieved. | ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILWAYS. j Melbourne, December 12. I The Assembly approved of the scheme ' for the electrification of railways. I THE NORTH LYELL MINE. | Hobart, December 12. I Another body has been recovered from the 700 ft level at the North Lyell I mine. I THE PLAGUE IN NOUMEA, i Sydney, December 12. Advices by mail state that the plague in Noumea is being gradually suppressed. The patients are moetlv coloured people, JAPANESE MAIL SERVICE. ! Sydney, December 12. i The Nippon-Yuseu-Kaisha line will inaugurate an improved service from the East to Australia next year. The proposal to extend the service to New Zealand is also confirmed. The size of Jthe steamers will be increased and the accommodation improved. MONEY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, December 12. j It is reported that Mr. Cann, the Treasurer, was recently offered a loan of about £20,000,000. The money has ' come out and the Government will shortly secure a respectable loan on reasonable terms. Cabinet recently declined offers of five millions and teti millions; the latter imposed the conditions that New South Wales should place certain contracts in England. A RICH METEORITE. Sydney, December 12. A farmer at Molong unearthed a meteorite weighing 20Clb composed of magnetic iron thickly studded with what are described as gems of a light sherry colour, and which are of considerable* commercial value. The Government Geologist purchased the meteorite for £>, and presented it to the Sydney Museum. He describes it as geologically very valuable. He knows of only another similar one in the world.