Australian News

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2792, 7 January 1888, Page 2

Australian News

Melbourne, January 5. Burke has challenged Kilrain to a fight for £SOO, giving the latter £IOO for his expenses. London, January 4. The Victorian loan of one million and a half, at 4 per cent is announced, The minimum has been fixed at 104, and the loan is already quoted at 8 per cent, premium. 85 per cent will be payable on 21st January. This loan the" last instalment of the six millions authorised, and it is announced that Victoria will not borrow again this year. • Sydney, January 5. The city will be generally illuminated on Centenary night. The number of passengers who travelled on the railways during the Christmas holidays was 55,000 less than last year.

Mr Edward Pritchard has bought the riglit to Julien's electric tram system. A plant, (is coming out for experimental purposes shortly. The patent claims to effect a saving of at least half the present cost of tramways, and is said to possess other advantages, The revenue shows that the estimated deficit has been reduced to L 24.000.

Melbourne, January 5. It has been decided that if - Sir Graham Berry desires it,, a year's extension of the Agent-Generalship will be granted him. Mr D. Gillies, Premier, will probably succeed, him, and Mr James Service take the leadership of the party. The cancelled notes which were recently stolen have ceased being in circulation. '

The Wharf Laborer's Union and the Stevedores' Association are at loggerheads. The former are insisting on being allowed to discharge steamships as well as receive an officer to. re-organise . his cargo on the wharves, The Stevedores' Association supplied men to do both classes of work, arid further complications are expected.

Hobart, Januarys.

Major-General Schaw is expected from New Zealand to report on the Tasmanian defences,

ONEHUNDRED THOUSAND PER. SONS REPORTED DROWNED.

Shanghai, January sth. The river. Hoang-Ho having overflown its banks, inundated the surrounding 'country. One hundred thousand persona are reported to be drowned, and two millions have been rendered homeless, and are in a state of starvation. THE NEW QUEENSLAND GOLDFIELD, Brisbane, January 5. The Croydon goldfield, discovered a few months ago is developing richly, and a large quantity of gold has already been sent down. There is now a considerable population on the field. One mine has returned 12oz per ton from 120 tons of stone.

A PROSPEROUS LEVANTER,

Adelaide, January 5. H. A, Wood, curator of intestate estates, who, levanted two years ago, is, it. appears, now a resident of Corregidor, a city of Northern Mexico, where he has a fine estate of 100,000 acres. Wood married a wealthy Mexi. can lady, although his wife is in this city, and when he levanted he eloped with another woman. It is asserted that influence was brought to bear to prevent the police pursuing him energetically.