AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2897, 7 February 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(in KI.KI.i'IUC TKI.EORAPII.—OOI'YRIOIiT). Syiinky. February o. Tin: Altoruev-Gelieral has ileelim d to file a Hill Captain l{o-.-i for disturbing thuserviee at, tlui Goulbouni Callieilral. ?ili'T.iii)T-i;XK. February G. I,'lie Govei-nmenl bave derided nut. l.j alter thei- plan-' respeeling the Loan. Tiiere no im:iiediate ne"d ol funds, and it does not. matter whether 1 lie Loaa is floated for five months or not. ,\ Hici.AiDi:. February G. Tliu (.TOvoMiment, acting- similarly to thy Victorian postal ant horitics, have j'r'lueed tli" piKtal rate. The S iul.li Australian Register sfcite> !uat. the yield of wlv-it is f irb'dow espociati in. 'i'iie deiieit.'ncy, which is largely duo to tllO locusts, repiesents ihtve or f-■nil' 1 'iisheN ner a-re, to the value of ilea: W a mi lion storlinpj. 'lie total yield is 'e ;i:nated a! I tlim bush'.'is. with an av T;io-e of a tr tie over ti.V to lit" aere. Atti:r niakinij the usual allowance, there will bo available for export about L'o.'i.OOO tons. BiiisbaM':, February li. A local auctioneer claims to ha\f> a cure for consumption and cancer. lie intends to erect a plant capable of treating' ten thousand patients. He has oft'ered bis specific to the Queensland Government for £25,000. I'Kirtn, Kebniar\ li. Tin; Colonial Treasurer's Bmloii estimates the revenue I'i.v llie year at £o3(),000, and the exjienditure ai. £4.01,000. leaving'a balance suflicieut to meet the interest, on the new inan at the end of lK<n>. The public debt of the colony is .i'l.Jst,ooo, and one of the banks in London has ottered to advance any money required ponding the raising of the loan.