AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2175, 14 March 1891, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, March 11. Sailed-=sHotomahao» for Bluff. Much 12. Importaat changes are contemplated in the working of the Victorian railways. The Government have informed the Commissioners that the railways must be made to pay, andJthflreforo the train mileage must be reduced, and the proportion of staff to mileage must also bp reduced, and younger men, skilled in construction of cheap lines, must be appointed to the portions of £2ngiueer-io.

Chief and Engineer of existing lines. A man named Boarke ha* beep'Sentenced to death for the murder; of; a fellow prisoner in Hamilton Gaol. The trial of stock and station agent at Ballarafc, for thajtnurder of his wife and four children, has been concluded. The jury brought tea verdiet of wilful murder against Johnston. The evidence given daring Joe trial showed that Johnston, uodergreat presssure, gave the manager of the ibank at which he kept an account a cheque for £6BOO in payment of certain liabilities, It was afterwards discovered that the cheque was a forgery, but the friend whoee name JobDston forged honored it, Sydney, March 11. Despite the dnlneea of mining business a purchaser has been (found for the Tokataa group of mines at Coromandal, New Zealand. The sale was effected by JMr Whiteford,of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, who is now on a visit here£looo has been deposited as * guarantee that the purchaser intends to expend i£ 15,000 to develop the mines. Brisbane, March 11. A tropical disturbance which occurred in the districts north of Brisbane will probably travel towards the North Cape of New Zealand. Bobart, March 11. The Coptic.from London via the Cape, arrived at 5 p.m. yesterday, and continued her voyage to New Zealand ct 6 tbis morning, She brings 19 passengers for Australia and 44 for New Zealand,