AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 460, 13 July 1899, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

|PNITKD PRESS ASSOCIATION.J (BY KLKCTKIO TKLKGUAPH. COPYBIOHT). Kauiookxie, July 11. THE whole of the copper plates, contain iug about £IOOO worth of gold, have been stolen from the Kalgooilic Mint and Iron King battery. Sydney, July 11. The Chiugtu has arrived with tho first shipment if new tea. The gale continues. Many vessels are returning to port, or running in for shelter, Good rain is general throughout the colony. Perth, July V. The revenue of the colony for the year is £276,000 below that o' the previous year, and £450,000 below the Piemier's estimate. Adelaide, July 11. News has been received that the lugger Midge, with a crew of four coloured mm, is missing from Port Darwin, and is believed to have foundered in the recent g»le. Excitement ovir the telluride find at Wortarpa continues, and claims are changing bauds at big prices. Brisbane, July 11 Mr Wragee predicts very stormy weather, and high seas appioaching the North l*land of New Zealand. Melbourne, July 11. Sir Geo. Turner, the Premier, has opened the Federal campaign. He said he only consented to the Federal capital being fixed in New South Wales, on condition that it should be some time in Melbourne. He assured New i-outh Wales that Victoria would stick to her agreement. A young married womati named Joehinsen, residing in Richmond, killed her infant by cutting its throat with a raztr, and then attempted suicide. She is mentally deranged.