Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-28
AuStralas STA.


By the arrival at San Francisco of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Companys steamer
Australia, from Australia and way ports.
we have Sydney dates to December list:
A tornado of great violence occurred on
the 18th of November at Ada Vale, town
ship $50 miles west of Charleville. Queens
land. The rain came down in great force
Livery yeranda in the main street was torn
away, and the iron was stripped from
nearly every roof. The full force of the
hurricane was felt near the Imperial Hotel
one of the lat gest and most substantial ho-
tells in the West, and which was completely
wrecked. The building was leveled to the
ground, except portion of the walls The
/ roof fell in, smashing everything, and the
people who were inside were saved almost
miraculously. No loss of life occurred.
Sheets of iron were torn to pieces and
curled up like paper. One piece struck a
horse on the shoulder, making clean cut
fifteen inches to the heart, killing the ami
NAL instantly.
a fire at South Melbourne on the 18th of
November damaged Johnson's Type Foun-
dry agency TO the amount of about f15 coo.
The Geographical Socety's expedition to
New Guinea has reached Brisbane. The
expedition went up the Fly river nearly
800 miles. On the way down another broad
| river was found emptying into the Fly. 1t
was not assembled, nor has it b. en- named
yet. The Fly is infested with alligators.
but there are very few fish The party had
some brushes with the natives. and there
was a little bloodshed, but nothing worth
talking of" The natives were treacherous
and could not be trusted for a moment. A
strict watch was always kept in the Bonita.
and every man had his arms at hand and
ready to turn out at a moments notice.
The further inland the party went the more
natives were seen. In fact they appeared
literally to swarm in places They are
DOW erful men and are consummate liars.
With the bow they are extremely expert
and are deadly shots. For the first couple
OF hundred miles up the river the natives
trade for tobacco principally, but beyond
the distance mentioned the inhabitants met
with would sell or do anything for a piece
of red flannel. Sage is plentiful among
them, and the pigs are innumerable. The
party brings a score of new birds and a
variety of insects. The insects are beauti-
full and valuable and some of the beetles,
moths, butterflies and grasshoppers are of
sufficient beauty to send an entomologist
into ecstacies.
The steamer Kildare arrived at Cook
town on November Goth, bringing David
Brown, the sole survivor from the schooner
Elibank Castle, which was wrecked on the
Solomon Islands. The survivor brings in
telligence that Captain Routch and the
whole of the crew except himself were
massacred immediately after the vessel was
wrecked
Labor disturbances continue at Adelaide.
South Australia. Parliament was sitting
under the protection of the police and mil
itary.
The subject of water conservation is at
tracing great deal of attention in Victoria
and South Australia. The former colony
is about to raise a loan of eight millions,
and OF this sum it is proposed TO devote
more than million and quarter to the
construction of irrigation works. The
Government of the latter colony has, not
withstanding financial pressure, announced
the intention to introduce a bill to obtain
power to borrow million on the under
standing that one-half of the amount shall
be expended to promote irrigation. Vic
torla's action is the fruit of the irrigation
experiments that have already been made
in that colony, and of the visit of Mr..
Deakin to America.
a Brisbane special of November 9Th saws:
Cooktown telegram states that the Ger
man gunboat Albatross, whilst at the Caro-
line Islands, hoisted the German flag on all
the islands. The Captain made treaty
with the Queen, by which she gave Ger
many the protection of the whole territory.
The natives are all in favor of Germany. as
they do not like the Spaniards The Alba
tross also took possession of the whole of
the Marshall group. On returning to Naap
they found the Spanish transport St. QUEEN
tin there. AT Hlyup the Albatross found
immense quantities of poultry roasting for
them, and the whole of the crew lived on
poultry for week at the cost of few
shillings.
Boy. in sled-falls off-badlv bruised. ST.
Jacobs Oil sets him on his feet gain.