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ADELAIDE,

October 10.

The whole of the southern workings of the Central Mine at Broken Hill have suddenly collapsed the wreckage and ruin extending from the surface to a depth of 500 feet, for the whole of which distance the workings are re- duced to a chaotic condition. Two unfortunate men are hopelessly buried beneath the mass of debris. The sud- den disaster is said to be due to the pressure and weakening of the supports caused by u'n old creep.

The Government has decided to call fresh tenders for the carrying out of the outer harbor scheme, owing to the criticism aroused by the ambiguous character of some of the conditions contained in the specifications.

The report of the Commission recently appointed to inquire into the    

matter recommends the construction of

the proposed Pinaroo Railway upon

certain conditions.

One hundred and eighty separate and distinct shocks of earthquake have been experienced at Guam within the past few weeks. Guam is the largest of the Marianne or Lidrone Islands, and was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1898 for use as a coaling station. Area 200 sq miles, population

about 9000.

The report that Mount Elephant, near Ballarat, in Victo» ia, had suddenly broken out into an active state of

eruption is proved to have been a silly

hoax.

The Block 14 Smoking Works at Port Adelaide are closing down, with the result that over 400 men will be added to the'ranks of the unemployed.

Generals Botha, De Wet, and De larey have decided to abandon their proposed visit to Berlin, having come to the conclusion that they will better consult their own dignity as represen- tatives of the Boor people by awaiting a summons from tho German Kaiserin lieu of arriving; in Berlin as beggars

for an audience.

The great strike initiated among colliery employees has now become general throughout France.

The colliery strikers throughout Pennsylvania, United States, remain firm, and there appears no hope of an early termination of the struggle in

that State.

Owing to the large export of coal which is taking place from England to America, and the deadlock in the coal industry which has taken place in France, the price of coal in London and throughout the United Kingdom is rapidly rising.

Sir W. J. Lyne, the Federal Minister for Home Aifairs, has determined to make early arrangements for the carry- ing out of the proposed Federal tour of Australia. The trip will include

New Guinea.

Jenkins, the South Australian Pre- mier, has delivered a powerful and telling speech in moving for the adop- tion of the L<*nd-grant Transcontinen- tal Railway Bill introduced by the

Government.

October 13.

American cables state that a good

deal of ¿excitement has bee» aroused by the arrest of a well known Professor of Anatomy, and two of his assistants, at Indianapolis. They are charged with having stolen over thirty bodies from graves for use in the desseeting room, and the revelation of this alleged desecration has excited popular in- dignation and a strong suspicion that the practice may be more general than, has hitherto been suspected.

The price of English coal has risen to the extent of 5s per tonr and is likely to continue rising if the disas- trous colliery strikes in France and America are not soon terminated. This

dea mess of fuel will cause great misery among the poorer classes during the rapidly approaching winter.

A i aid by the police at Geneva has just resulted in the arrest of furty nine well-known and dangerous anarch-

ists.

A tragedy has just occurred in Victoria. Information was given to the police that a man had attempted to tamper with some little girls at St, Kilda. A constable named Johnston was despatched upon a bicycle to follow up the man's trail and effect his arrest. He succeeded in overtaking the man and called upon him to surrender. The man thereupon drew a revolver and taking rapid aim fired at and shot Constable Johnston dead, after which he coolly turned away and resumed his tramp along the road. The incident wa3 witnessed and informa- tion of the murder at once conveyed to the police. Mounted constables were despatched in pursuit, by two of whom the tramp was subsequently overtaken. On seeing the police ap. proaching and escape impossible, the man coolly drew his weapon and plac- ing the muzzle to his head drew the trigger and shot himself dead. From the appearance of the body the dead tramp is believed to be Shaw, the man wanted for the murder of Constable Guilfoyle recently, at Sydney, and who, with his companion, has since the occurrence of that tragedy so com- pletely disappeared.

A severe rain storm occurred in

Sydney yesterday, during whieh there was a perfect deluge, over five inches of rain being recorded in the city and suburbs. Many of the street were converted into torrents, and the base- ment cellars in all the lower lying streets are full of water, involving serious damage of property.

The Federal Parliament was formally prorogued on Friday last.

An old man named Renn was nearly killed by a lion at the Adelaide Zoo yesterday. He went to the rescue of a child which had approached danger- ously near the front of the cage occupied by tho lions. Seeing the man approach a lion sprang at the bars, and thrusting though one of its paws grasped the man by the shoulder and tried to drag him through the bars, lacerating bim in a frightful fashion. The lion savagely retained its hold, and it was with the greatest difficulty the man was rescued hy the keepers. His condition is very'sjrious.

August Tialer, found guilty of the   murder of Edward Sangal, is to be hanged on the 20th inst. The woman, Mrs. Sangal, his accomplice, will be hanged shortly after the birth of her

child.

The Tsinan left Thursday Ishnd at 4 p.m. on Saturday, and is due here about noon to-monow. She has 370 tons of cargo for this port.

Oct. 14.

Cabled details of the condition of affairs in many parts of the United States arising out of the prolonged col- liery strikes go to f mphasize its ruinous' effects. At Montreal there is an alarming increase in the mortality among children the direct result of lick of fuel. There is also a general increase in the price of provisions. Householders in New York and other tplaces are compelled to adopt the ex- pedient of using bricks which have been soaked in oil for cooking pur- poses. Numbers of large factories are also closing owing to the scarcity of fuel and its prohibitive prices, which makes it impossible to keep machinery going, r As the c'osing down of one industry affects others, there is a gene- ral and increasing stagnation, and the effects of the disastrous strike are being felt in an ever widening circle.

Lyne, Federal Minister for Home Affairs, has ordered Mnjor-General Hutton to make still further reductions in his head-quarters staff with a view to bringing the expenditure upon de- fence within the limit set by the Federal Pailiament. Price, the Queensland conimandant, has been notified that his retirement willtake placp on December 31st. Price is en- titled to receive £1000 by way of com- pensation for his compulsory retire-

ment.

Further details of the murder ot Constable Johnston go to show that th<î impetus of the bicycle he was rid in g carried him a considerable dis-. tance in an upright position bpfore he fell, although the nature of the wound proves conclusively that his dpath must have been instantaneous. He sat his machine for some moments after he was to all intents and purposes a

corpse.

The body of Johnston's murderer has not yet been identified.

Lyne is showing signs of weaken- ing with regard to his proposed Federal tour of the different States, dup to the adverse criticism excited. He states now that he will do nothing further to give practical effect to his motion until he receives the names of thirty Federal members of Parliament willing to take part in a six week's tour. Ministers will shortly be stumping the various States, when the project will probably be further disensspd.

The Riütó Hon. E. Barton reports that he wilfijjjiohablv arrive in Bris baftp and ^ydnev this we k, accom-

panied by Foi rest and Hill. ?

October 15.

This weeks London metal quota- ] tions show slight increases in value of both tin and eopner, conner bei ni» quoted at £51 12s 6d and tin £114 i 7s 6d per ton.

The S.A. Parliament will probably be prorogued al»out the 31st inst.

Latest American cables emphasize - the snfivring and general stagnation resulting from the prolonged colliery strikes. In Chicago and other places the starving poor aie tearing up the wooden pavements in stieets and side-

walks and using them for fuel. ^

Two aeronaut's have just been killed*, m France. They weie experimenting with a steecable baloon, when the» steering apparatus- became deianged through the breaking of the connecting' ropes, and the baloonists were precipi- tated to the ground, a> distance of 400-1

feet.

It is now proved beyond shadow? of.'

doubt that the man who murdcied* constable Johnston, ia- not'Shaw, the~ murderer of Constable Guilfoyle, as?, was supposed.

Theaman's identftyfs still a mystery.

The body is being preserved* in a for- malin bath awaiting identification, and"* is Wing inspected. dail£ by hundreds ofr the moi bidly eui rous..

Returns laid before Parliament show that- since July last, 33 thousand? natives have died of cholera in Egypt..

The three Beer General» have been* accorded' an extraoidîhary ovation» upon their arrival in Paris, the entire population turning- out to do them« honor^and the streets in many places* rendëred almost impassable by the enormous crowds of hysterical human ity.

Ai Board of experts is now to be np pointeav to- examine and report upon« a site for the Federal capita). <.

Duncan Gillies has been appointed i Speaker* of the Victorian State Parlia-

ment..

Butler expects the revenue from land ^ during current year to fUH off to ex tent - ofjßlOjOOOi and the revenue from rail- ways by about £30,000.

In order to meet the expected defi-" - ciency the road vote is-being: reduced " by £5000,« and other economies pro= posed. The taxation proposals will

also be strictly insisted upon. He ex- ' pects the average wheat yield to be -

about five bushels per acre. ¿

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