AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

HON. KINGSTON'S ESTATj.. ' (Received 9.50 a.m.) | ADELAIDE, this day. | The estate of the late Hon. C. C. King- j ston, ex-Federal Minister for Customs, has been sworn at £2000. TELEGRAPHS CONFERENCE. (Received 9.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The invitation of the Federal Government to hold the next International Telegraphs Conference in Australia was declined by the Lisbon Conference. ROUGH WEATHER. (Received 9.00 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Heavy gales on the South Const caused I considerable damage to property. At j ' Wollongong the wind overturned coal j ' trucks. j ; MELBOURNE, this day. 1 Further snow and heavy rain have ' ; fallen. The Mooiiee Valley is flooding. j

[ ANOTHER CENTENARIAN DIES. ' ! (Received 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. . Ann Ross, of Mittagong, has died at a . the age of a hundred. She is the fifth :i centenarian to pass awry in Australia in c , a fortnight. EXPLORING NEW GUINEA. a i (Received 9.50 a.m.) r SYDNEY, this day. Mr. Donald Mackay, brother of Colonel Mackay, has organised an expedition to explore the interior of Papua. * . . MINERS' FEDERATION. *? (Received 9.50 a.m.) j SYDNEY, this day. t A conference between representatives h of the coal miners of New South Wales h and Victoria decided to federate. v THE SINGAPORE TRADE. 'SYDNEY, June 23. y The Government has decided to pay n Burns, Philp and Co. a subsidy for the ° Singapore service of £2000 per year, as c< long as "Victoria pays a similar subsidy p! to the Currie line. If Burns, Philp and . Co. carry out their threat to shift their ?' headquarters to Victoria, or to dock their is vessels in Melbourne, the subsidy is to w cease. * C oi A ROUGH PASSAGE. sl of SYDNEY, June 23. Z The Maheno, which arrived from Wellington, about 12 hours late, was delayed by heavy westerlies for tbe last 24 hours of the -passage. The mails were sent on 'Si by special train. 0 \