| Show ALbTltUIVN ITt MS 11 Foundred sirid All lot Iho Captain UrwedCh ew Ban Francisco Feb IOThe steamship steam-ship Marlposa which rrtcd from Sydney via Honolulu today brought the following Australian ndvlces Th conference ot premiers which a to have been held In Melhou noon no-on January 13th has been postponed until the end of the present month Th American steamer Cleveland has been wrecked In llarclay Sound and 21 of those on board were drowned A lire at Hokltltl N Z destroyed a business block the damage being estimated es-timated at 15000 pounds Platts Uetts recently made the hal ratio worlds cycling mould In forty seconds at the Sydney cricket grounds The olclni Collimate of tile holt oral ot New South Wales predicts trial I tie harvest will tie close upon ten anti lon bushels while that of Victoria Is I estimated at 71X10000 bushels During the last half year of 1897 Queensland exported S4100 tons of sur miring 1SS7 292 817 ounces of gold were produced In New South Wales Us value being 1038413 pounds The chestnut colt Auruin has been sold by W It Wilson to W Allison special commissioner ot the London Sportsman for 6000 guineas and con tlngenclcs Auruin will be shipped to England In April On tho night of January 1st the brig Monora from New Castle to Sydney foundered nt ne minute notice ten miles oft Broken nay All hands six In number except Captain Gallant who strange to say was the only man on hoard who could not swim perIshed per-Ished Captain Gallant w < w rescued by the crew of a passing schooner utter having hon In the water for almost 1 al-most twentyfour hours The delegates to the federal convention conven-tion which resumed In Januiry were lavishly entertained by the Melbourne people On the opening day the mayor of Melbourne entertained tho delegates at dinner and latter on the mayoress gave a garden party In dill i to hrRnfe Ilallaret and llendlgo n theater party n ball At the government house and 0 dinner by the Australian Native association wee Included la the Program Jam Ails I |
