AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4776, 18 July 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

:' ■ . ' ' ' "'I , .-.u, . Svdkbv,July,iy, Merlv cold', weather.'is'being ex- V pcricnccd .throughout colony, . :'& especially In horsemen woro.frozon to.deathin'tho :'j Kinndra district. ;. '■'■•'■. My oWmilcs'of tho Western slopo ~^Vpl are covered sith snow, ranging from ?fl thrco: inches' to two : fc'ct nine inches in '•■■■>s, thickness. . <- ; ■-m ,,;>'., :■■■}s: . As far as business is concerned, to- 'ft day is practically a holiday, on : account >?M oi tho general elections taking place. : :>$ The total number of candidates is 529. *M : A timber-cutter in the Casino district ' met with a horrible death. He got one '-W of his: hands caught betw.cfeii two logs,. ■". '•' ;f? and. was unable to extricate, himself. .i4v : :M For eight days he romaiucd jammed in that position; and when discovered was; dying from starvation, thirst, and ex- : '-p pure..., ■■■'; v M ...r!,i-! r.-.')j :: M • : . , .•■■■,,( Newcastle,' July 17. M. ■'■rm A trernianbarquobas armed hero ■>■?# with the crew, of tho schooner Flash-' ';>sm light, of liio,.do iJaneiro, .which was , ' ; ll abandoned by the crew in a sinking ■•' ■'■■■"' : -'im condition on the high seas. >;.; ..■., , ... -'ifl ',.-'; - v ; MKinouaNK,Julyl7i ■ •-II . Maclarao.Mclba will visit Australia in • ; , i'-ll May, next, uudervthc. auspices'of >Mr. ■ ; sf§ Abbey, the American imprcssario.;' • '' : '<'*m :,'. v ; , -.T s ' p^Tll i'Ju]y"l7.--•: ■■'/*%%m • jlho 4iO|idoiKlcrry ,nimc, fronrwliich '■' ■, . >/?m mnrvQllous specimens wcii obtriniccVom. ,'' ':'& 11 tho surface, has cut tho reef, sh'owiug - ■ : . !^^ rich gold, at a depth of 60 feet'.;:; ''■>•; ' ,- c ' ;: &« ~. ; , J ! AIJKtAIDK, July ifth. A nuning cxpQrtwho ha? •returned; -;' ' ■': ?rs|i .fromCpolgurdiepredictstUat : A|istralia;wjllbc:thobiggest A gold prd-'fv' : K''-tftm duciug colony tin Australia; and .says'--? : 'hat, whpu: batjcricsiarcxrcctcdykt^v: " colony will yield as much gold asßouflfe' : < : WM -■. •„ ' ■:■■ ' : '-" ': : .''Bnißi)AXE.\J;v^'^ ! ~ An inflammatory placard wliickis 'bfc2i£||ll|j wf thj-oug;li thV/cowatyy ; S^!^^^^[

viijonninn to join the Union, mul thus - raise funds to buy arms and ammunition to carry on a guerilla warfare j * against tho squatters, and pick oft hlack"'legs as they proceed through the bush, It also advocates tho destruction of property, and specially mentions certain members of the Pastoralists' Council to bo first dealt n-ith.