AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1828, 13 December 1888, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

I Melbourne, . Decern ber 10. The iVictori.ins*in their second innings only made 103,cand the Australian Eleven, who made, 274, thus won in{ one innings with 22 rnns to Spare. A man named 'Beokjiwith 'his wife and child, and three <women • najmed Theresa and Elizabeth Gordon and Jane Purcell, wore capsized inf boats in Robson’s Bay, and all were drowned exceptjßeok. It is)belie*ed the deficit of the Exhibition will amount-to £200,000. ? • Dec. 11. TWo men named Driscoll and Dee, crossing Lake Wendouree in ia boat yesterday, had words, and Brisco j I struck Dee on the head;' The. latter succumbed .to the injuries shortly afterwards. Driscoll hhs been arrested.. ! The Ajge to-d|y asserts that depression in general businessihas reucjbed an acute jtage, amounting in Home djepartments of trader to absolute,paralyses,of Operations. The Cabinet have decided] to ask Parliament for a new,; loan an . addition to tbe £2,000,000 already authorised, which will be floated shortly. The mopey is required for public works. '■ Owing to the demand at Sydney for water to fill the-dams, irrigation has been. suspended in* the district. : ' Sydney, December 10. A boy, named Carter, while bathing in the harbor,, was seized by. a shark and disembowel lad. Owing to a member of, Parliament acousingMc McFehon, one of the newlyappointed railway ooromiesiopers of New South rWains, of being < nixed up in the recent railway 'frauds,, Government have appointed a oommlskion .to inquire into the charges, ■ Dec. 11. Rain has fallen at fnVerell, in the New Englahd district, and th e I vegetation, is springing up agdn. During yesterday’s storm a Chinaman was struck by lightning at Penrith, and killed. A violent, storm of wind and rain at Inverell this evening levelled the convent and unroofed enlarge number of buildings., Sailed-r-Fifesbire for Camara, i The weather, at Vfilcannia is intensely hot, and enormens numbers of sbeep are dying while travelling to water. Adelaide, December 11. Parliament has been prorogued, Brisbane, December 11, Twelve hours’-rain is reported in the Baweri district, A. man named Mahon was struck by lightning at Winton yesterday and killed. Perth. December 10. The Legislative Council has been ..pro-' rogued. Port Darwin, December 11. Splendid rains have fallen in the Northern Territory, in consequence of which mining operations,' which were ! at a stand-' 1 still,' have 1 been resumed.