LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5011, 27 April 1895, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received April 27, li a.m.

Sydney, April 27. 'M _ The police have received informal, tion from the British Consul at Buenos Ayres that Dix, implicated in the robbery of amalgam from the Lucknow mine in New South Wales, who left Newcastle as sailor, died of sea-sickness, The police disbelieve the accuracy of the report of his death and hope to effect an arrest. Hobaet, April 27,

The Fruit Conference has formed an Australasian Federate Fruit Growers' Association, to protect their interests.

Perth, April 27. A prospector returning from Coolgardie came across an outcrop, showing very rich auriferous iron stono. The location is near the Londonderry mine and the stone is plentiful. The Rev. Clarke, who has been before Court several times lately, endeavouring to obtain an order fofa the restoration of conjugal rigkW with his wife, has been acquitted on' a charge of drunkenness.

Melbourne, April 26. The libel action brought by Mr Downie, contractor, against the former proprietors of the Herald, relative to the alleged disappearance of documents from the' Public Works Department, has resulted in a verdict for the defendants on all points. Melbourne, April 27. The Judge held that the Eerald's article on Downie was clearly defamatory, but after a careful review of the evidence, ho had come to tho conclusion that the imputations were justified by facts, < The directors of the Central Mine, Broken Hill, have offered to sell the mine to a syndicate for £200,000. The syndicate offeisd £150,000, but it is probable that®, directors' figure will bo agreed to,