AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 42, 18 February 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

QUEENSLAND MINISTRY.

BRISBANE, February 17. Mr. Kidston has undertaken the formation of' a Ministry.

. RABBIT VIRUS STILL PROHIBITED. '. .; ' SYDNEY, February .17. ; A conference of of ..the i Commonwealth and of the "'•■feiCricps. , States appointed to report whether the i Danysz rabbit microbe is similar . microbe found on the Australian , mainland, and whetiiT it is advisable to' continue experiments on- the mainland with the Danysz microbe, reports that the two microbes 'are specifically identical. j The conference; finds that under natural J conditions the,virus will not injuriously j affect animals s other than rabbits, and therefore— L while there is no reason to apprfehend injury to animal life in general, nor at the same time to expect any effective destruction of the rabbits by} the virus—it recommends that the prohibition against the importation of the Danysz microbe be maintained.

I MR. WYLIE AND SYDXEY I . ,-MENT.

(Received 10.6 a.m.) j :

SYDNEY, this day. Protests are being made as to the ap-. pointment of Mr. Mackay as electrical engineer to the City Council when Mr. Wylie, a native-bora applicant, possesses practically equal qualifications.

{Sir. Mackay, the succes3ful applicant, is an electrical engineer in the service of the -Great Western Railway (England); Mr. Wylie, who i 3 .the present borough electrical engineer at Auckland, was exhorting]! electrical engineer at Walsall (Staffordshire) at the time of his appointment last year.]

HOBART ATHLETIC MEETING.

, L (Received 10.6 ajn.) ■ HOBART, this day. ■ "One ' hundred and twenty-five entries have -been received for championship events at the athletic meeting.

.'C-7ATE BY-ELECTION.,

(Received 9.8 a-m.) ADELAIDE, this day. Mr. Vardon's election to the Federal Senate is,safe. He has obtained 45,582 and Mr. O'Loughlin (Lahour) 38,923 votes. A few returns are still to come.

THE "STRANDED MARANOA.

■ (Received 10.6 ajnj . BRISBANE, this day. The s.s. Maranoa has been refloated, apparently uninjured.