AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4105, 6 May 1892, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

[Froji Lath Exchanges.] A man namod Frank Kyan drank a quantity of sheep wash at Coonginia, i South Australia, and died from the effects, It is reported that a large area of coal lands at Sassafrass is now in the hands of a Victorian syndicate, It is feared that trouble will arise from a strike of pearlers and others at Broome Bay, Western Australia. A plant for counterfeiting notes was discovered by the police in a tobacco-' , nist's shop in Qoulburn street, Sydney. : Two field guns broke down and in ' jured four artillerymen at tho Easter artillery manoeuvres at Lancefield, Viotoria, . A resident of Albury was fined 20s for. neglecting a girl whose services he bad obtained under the State, i Children's Act, A Melbourne paper says that in Victoria the burning question is not ono»man'Ono-yote, but ono-marr-one-i square-meal-a^day, Since the dividend, tax came into operation ini Queensland, in ■■ 1890, Mount Morgan has contributed £20,000 to the Exchequer.' Millers at Goulbourn say that the new tariff is acting ruinously to their industry, and a number of mill hands will have to be discharged, By way of relief from the dull monotony of election speeches, the people of Bendigo are being entertained by a Chinese Opera Company, The New South Wales sawmill and i timberyard employees are taking steps to enforce the eight-hour system in their trade, At an inquest held in Melbourne, a woman named Emma Barry waß committed for trial on a charge of having starved an infant to death, A small, leader of exceedingly rich gold bas been found at Lake Austin, on the Murohison goldfield of Wes> tern Australia, and from it the finder has dolled out £IOOO worth of gold. Considerable comment has been caused in Brisbane by tbe publication of a letter in whioh the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Lilley, espoused the cause of one of tbe candidates in the Bulimba election. A shoal of porpoises visited Portland (Victoria) recently. Several riflemen followed them in boats, harassing them to such an extent that tbey ran ashore, and afterwards 200 were.killed,.- ■ Legal advice has been obtained tljat women are not ! eligible'for app'oiutments to the resident medical and surgical. ataff "of"' the Melbourne Hospital, . . A, gang of thieves drove through Kobe-Btreet, St. Kilda, a few msdits ago and swept the front verandahs of lounges, 'door-mats,' scrapers, not plants—in, of everythiii| tbat could be'earrie'd'awayi ; ;' /■■'=' Concerning ihe reported, intention of the Tasmanian mine, managefsto arrange a uniform scale of wages at lower than the present ruling rates, the miners say they will strike if the. reduction be made. . ' The.in.Bpeptor of stock at,,Wilcannia has been'inspecting the Bouth-western portion of his district.' He reports the almost total disappearance of rabbits .from. that, portion ■ of the district which has no frontage to the river.-: ■<y>'-»«v.:.:.:.>\-rx-^.,u The Western Groz'er states:-

'■ Kangaroos appear to be plentiful out back, judging by the number of skins that continue to arrivein town, On his last trip Mr Wood brought in 2260 skins, which he intends to Bend to market via Broken Hill," A fatal railway accident happened between Tarlee and Riyerlon (SoatL Australia) the other day. A named Patrick McCartj, when riding" a velocipede and inspecting the line, was overtaken by a goods train. He . -\, received a severe injury to . the hip, and subsequently died. A serious row occurred in a Bondi (N;B.W.) hotel the other afternoon, A man and woman who were mixed up in- the melee were seriously in«' jured by blojva on. the head with bottles, One of the participants, a r* cabby, had h'itoab stolen while .was taking partinlbe .disturbance.'' ; '' A darine! attempt to rob the inter- . colonial mails was inade : at Albury early one Sunday recently. Going tb'the'mail'van earlier than usual, tbe guard disturbed a robber who had broken into the van, and was .rifling the mails. The thief wus committed for trial. . * A shocking death in tbo f bush is reported from the Muckerawa station, in the Walgett (N.S.W.) district, A boundary rider was thrown off his horse, receiving a broken thigh in the fall, but he managed to crawl a dis-vJ tanceoftwo miles before he help not reaching him in time.