Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-22
AUSTRALASIA.

The Australia which arrived at san
Francisco Sunday. brings Sydney dates to
April oath The following items are from
the Hcrdld'S news summary:
Bingera news has come to hand OF the
discovery of 400 diamonds on the old dia-
mOnd field and this has given an impetus
To mining i'm the district, which had re-
Gently got to q very low ebb.
The following letter TO the Under Secre-
tary for Mines from the Mining Warden
at Wilcannia. Queensland, dated March
10Th, gives u graphic description of the ter
rible effects of the drought in the far west
crn districts The whole OF this district is
suffering from an unparalleled drought.
Even kangarooS and rabbits are dying for
want of feed and water and on nearly
every sandhill are scores of dead sheep and
cattle, and the stencil in many spots along
the main roads is simply unbearable.
Some curious facts were brought to light
in connection with an inquest held ON the
body of a man named Thomas Melody
who was found dead in a tent at Kogarah
y. s. w The medical testimony showed
that the deceased had at one time been
shot over the right temple, and that bull
let had entered his skull and lodged i'll his
brain, where it had remained for some
considerable time. The piece of lead was
discovered by the doctor who made the
pOst-mOrtem examination. The discovery
is looked upon as Il remarkable one.
In the discovery of an oVertlowlng arte-
sian well in the center of the Great North
ern Basin, the South australian Register
SAYS that it deserves to be ranked as one
of the most important events that has hap
pened in South Australia for years past.
The Commissioner at King River tFas-
mania) District states that he believes the
place to be second to no other Australian
gold-feld. The miners, it appears conceal
their finds, which are much greater than Is
generally supposed.
1t is reported that an extensive bed of
ironstone ore has been discovered about
four miles from Wedderburn. Victoria, near
the edge of the malice scrub in the forest
country.
4 number of petitions have been signed
for presentation to the Executive Council
of New South Wales praying that a meas
ure may he prepared at an early date and
laid before Parliament, prohibiting the i'm
portatlOn OF opium into the colony. except
for medical purposes. Chinese merchants
originated the movement
The balance-sheet of the South Aus
ralian Jockey Club Company shows a
mortgaged debt of 10000
A Cooktown telegram states that the
latest news from New Guinea is that tie
Rev. Mr.. Chalmers, accompanied by sew
eral natives, had gone into the interior to
try and reconcile some tribes that have been
at deadly feud with each other His fur
ther movements i'll the interior are un-
known, and some anxiety has been mani
Tested about his safety, ON account of the
season of the year.
With respect to the recent matriculation
examination at the sydney University 119
students went up, being the largest num-
Der that have ever presented themselves.
OF the l19, 80 passed. Last year IS stu
dents presented themselves, and 60 passed
and in 1889, 109 presented themselves for
matriculation, and y passed.