Sydney, October 20, Tho steamer Alberta, Captain Neilson, bound from Japan to Mel bourne, with 4700 tons of coal for the gasworks, has gone asbore on the Sutherland Reef near the Tweed River. The weather was thick at the time owing to smoke from bush fires, and the captain was suffering from a sunstroke, A steam-tug went out and rescued the ore*, but the vessel is half full of water, and there is little chance of getting her off, News has been received of the landing of a further'shipment of 430 recidivistes in New Caledonia. October 21, The Alberta, which went ashoro on the Sutherland Reef, is a new steamer, and was in charge of the pilot from Thursday Island. Her cargo of coal was for the Victorian railways, not the Gas Company as at first reported, Brisbane, October 21. Mr C Wraggo, Government Meteo rologist, forecasts bad weafherjin high latitudes between the meridians of Adelaide and Wellington.
Accidents and Fatalities.
Auckland, October 21, Joseph Baxter, who shot himself to-day, died this afternoon, The dead body cE a femalo child, newly born, was found in the Western Park to-day. New Plymouth, Octobo 21. A man named Rasmussen shot himself with a fowling piece, near Inglcwood, to-day. No particulars aro yet to hand. Dpeim, October 2i? v> The body 'of Robert Webb, who committed snioido at Alexandra, a •i ight asjo, by jumping into Iho vivot-, was found at Roxburgh.'

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