AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2306, 16 January 1892, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Jan. 13, The cricket match between New South Wales and South Australia was concluded to-day, when the visitors won by an innings and 53 runs. The Government have received from London a special report on the English fruit market as a means of absorbing the surplus fruit in New South Wales. The demand for foreign fruit in England amounts to £8,500,000. In the report the opinion is expressed that while green fruit would form an immediate trade, the greateast trade would be in dried and canned goods. Jan. 14. The harvest in the Gundagai district is very poor, and the yield is the worst for years, The Countesses Jersey and Galloway leave for New Zealand on Monday via Melbourne. Brisbane, Jan. 13. A tragic termination to a wedding is reported from Dalby, A portion of the party returning home were struck by lightning, the brother of the bride being killed and several others badly injured. Jan. 14. The new Commission of the Peace includes Mr John Ballance, Premier, of New Zealand. Adelaide, Jan, 14, The principal members of Sir Thomas Elder’s Central Australasian expedition have resigned, and the Geographical Society have directed Mr David Lindsay, the leader, to accept the resignations and return to Germanton to consult with members of the society. The cause of the disaffection has not yet been divulged.