News Summary August 3, 1895.

*THE WORKER*

BRISBANE , AUGUST 3, 1895.

General News Summary.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 31.

Two garrotters arrested in Sydney.

Natural gas found at Taranaki, N.Z.

Earthquake at Dunedin, N.Z.

Terrible outbreak of cholera in Japan.

Frost and snow in parts of Queensland.

Nugget weighing 238oz. found at Dalyesford, Vic.

Petroleum well discovered in South Australia.

Successful labour social and ball held at Cairns.

Geological survey of Croydon goldfield commenced.

Good prices for wool still continues in London.

Most severe weather ever known in New Zealand.

Wide Bay Agricultural Show held at Maryborough.

Steamer Argus still ashore on a reef near Somerset.

Boom in deputations to the Minister for Railways.

Turkish troops quelling the insurrection in Macedonia.

Samuel Landerer, gored by a bullock at Gracemere, dies.

Turkey grants an amnesty to Armenian political prisoners.

Japan requests China to pay the war indemnity in London.

Magazine building at Croydon takes fire and afterwards blows up.

George Staples, a farmer, accidently shoots himself at Preston, Vic.

Two men arrested in the act of burglarising a shop at Prahran, Vic.

Excessively cold weather in N.S.W.; 1 foot of snow in several places.

Serious rioting in connection with elections at Dunstable, in England.

W.A. Prell, killed whilst drafting cattle at Richmond Downs station.

Andrew M'Minn attempts suicide in Brisbane by cutting his throat.

A little girl named Harvey burned to death at Mount Larcombe.

Japan intends spending £8,000,000 in England building warships.

Oscar Wilde declared bankrupt at the suit of the Marquis of Queensbery.
Sydney butcher fined £100 for having in his possession contraband cigars.

Hotel at Palmerston, N.Z., burned down and two men burned to death.

Four kanakas arrested at Mackay for a murderous attack on a white man.

Re-examination by doctors of Molloy confined as a leper on Peel Island.

Micheal Davitt lectures at Charters Towers, Townsville, and Rockhampton.

A compositor named J. G. Robinson accidentlly killed at Perth, W.A.

House burned down at Mount Morgan, Nicholas Tucker fatally injured.

Man named Preston blown to pieces with dynamite at Ramrod Flat, Vic.

Brazil at loggerheads with Great Britain for annexing the island of Trinidad.

Japanese destroy the forts of Port Arthur captured during the Chinese war.

Queensland scholars very successful at Sydney University examinations.

Italians report that British authorities seize 20,000 rifles untended for Abyssina.

Attempted dynamite outrage at a bank manager's residence at Cobar, N.S.W.

A little girl, named Ada Field, lost in the bush at Gundagi, N.S.W., is found dead.

Dreadful railway accident in Japan , through which 140 invalid soldiers lose their lives.

John Morton is killed by a fall of earth at Vickery's brickworks, Alexandria, N.S.W.
Reported that Japan is demanding an additional indemnity of £7,500,000 from China.

Elections in Ireland have resulted in an increase of members in favour of Home Rule.

Italian Premier talks war with Abyssinia, which may embroil other European nations.

A man named Edward Ringuet, suffering from Leprosy, arrives in Brisbane from Mackay.

Big petition for the abolition of tolls on Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, in course of signature.

A restaurant-keeper, named Kemplay, commits suicide by taking strhchnine at Perth, W.A.

One hundred and sixteen natives of the Philline Islands butchered by Spanish troops.

Macedonia insurgents capture and burn the town of Menlik after defeating the Turkish troops.

Disastrous railway accident in France. A large number of religious pilgrims killed and injured.

A man named Dallas riding a bicycle in Brisbane is killed through colliding with a dog cart.

British Consul in Madagascar instructs British residents to fly to the coast, fearing massacre.

Terrible colliery explosion in Germany. Twenty miners killed and twelve others entombed.

Edward Stewart, head shunter at Redfern, Sydney, run over by a train and has both legs amputated.

Little daughter of Andrew Dalton dies from the effects of injuries received at a fire at Mount Morgan.

Second mate and seamen arrested in connection with the burning of the ship Hilaria at Port Melbourne.

Terrible series of murders after the “Dooming” style discovered at Chicago. Perpetrator not yet captured.

Great fire in the Broken Hill mine, block No. 11, still continues. Large number of men thrown out of work.

A French ticket of leave man at New Caledonia blows a woman up with dynamite and then commits

suicide.

Several enthusiastic voters in Sydney fined for throwing rotten eggs and bags of flour during recent elections.

Manager of the South Australian Company unsuccessfully attempts to horsewhip the South Australian Premier.

N.S.W. Government appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the condition of the coal trade in the province.

Four Melbourne merchants sentenced to terms of imprisonment from three to nine months for defrauding the customs.

Committee appointed in Brisbane to collect funds for Irish Parliamentary Party in response to Michael Davitt's appeal.
A Queensland carrier named Sinnett compelled to pay £85 duty by South Australian Customs for crossing the border with his team.

An Irish newspaper says a highly-honoured clerical dignitary suggests a national convention to arrange for the withdrawal of all Home Rule members from the British House of Commons.