AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2894, 31 January 1891, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

(1)Y 7.1.K1 THIU IKLK.iK,U'II-(\ ii -wu,.ur.) Syi'NKY. JflllllSliy Iv the return Intercolonial Cricket Mutch, New South Wales, in their liist innings made -lOG —IMt.si a, 1-17 ; Garrett, 70. Victoria made ISO (Walter*, 10U nnil l'.'l ; (liliiokliuui, jl>). Turner, f(ir New South bales', took 10 wickets ill thu two innings for 174. New South Wales won in one innings, with Bi runs to spare, liach coluiiy lms now won 23 matches. January W. The following arc tin- current quotations for the principal silver milling shnies at Broken Hill-Proprietary, £12 British. l':i .'»s: Central, !'•*> 1h; North, £1 Os Gd ; South, i't ISs Gd; Block No. 11. l'<> His; Block No. 1(1, £18 3s; Junction, £2 ft*. Mei.houhxi;, January 28. Tho South Australian Government agrees with ictoria that the cole— nies should have a right to make commercial treaties direct with liuropean Powers'. Brisbane, Junuary 28. Important disclosures have been made in connection with the beer and spirit trader in Queensland. An engraver has confessed to making a plate of Foster's and Bass' labels, also of other*, including the leading brands ot whisky. Tho methods of workiug up the beer, if edifying, are not over plo'tsant, as was shown in ono ense whore u lump of incut was thrown into the vat, and left there till the boor had chained the proper flavour. The police arc instituting proceedings against those implicated. -January 30.

Jjiirgtj bodies of shwurors tire coming to Queensland from Victoria ami New South Wales, under the auspices of flm Fustorulists' Lnion. This latter body lias agreed to a conference with tb(J Shearers' Union, on condition that thu principle of freedom of contract is conceded. The first supply of Dr. Koch s lymph sent to Australia lias been received l>y a private medical man, who intends to experiment on patients in thu earlier stage of consumption. Thuksday Island, January 28.

News from tho East reports that thero was terrible loss of lifo on the steamer Shanghai which was burned on Christmas Day, principally due to the panic of the native villagers who harassed the survivors in erory possible way. The steamer was ia the river Yanp-tse-Kiang at the time, aud 200 perished in the disaster.