AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(by ELECTRIC telegraph,—COPYßlGHT.)
Sydney, September 6. Tim General Assembly last night passed a vote for the renewal of the 'Frisco mail service. Sir S. Parkes made a capital speech in favour of the line. An amendment to prohibit the Union Company subletting the contract was negatived.
The cffect of the Chinese Restriction Act is exemplified by the fact that there have only been-five arrivals and no less than 700 departures during the past eight months. 1
Mklboubsb, September 6.
A serious accident occurred on the Gippsland railway. A passenger train dashed into a goods train, and both engines were telescoped. The stoker of the passenger train was badly hurt, and twelve passengers were injured. The amount of gold raised in the colony to date is sixty million ounces. The Government geologist estimates it will still yield eighty million ounces more.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2677, 7 September 1889, Page 2
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142AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2677, 7 September 1889, Page 2
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