AUSTRALIA.
Bl EUOTBIO TBLBSBAPH— COPTBIQHT. " ■ [uuraa'a otmsbaks.] Btottni Febiiury 18th, 11 pa. MELBOURNE, February 18.
Mr Gillies has succeeded in forming a Ministry. The following ie a list of new Ministers and the portfolios allotted" them, which have been submitted to His' Excellency the Governor: —Mr Gillies, Premier, Ooleaial Treasurer and Commieeioner of Boads and Bulways; Mr Dealda, Celonial Secretary,- Mr Wrixon, Attorney-General; Mr Dow, Minister of Lands and Agricultural and Minister of Mines; Mr Pearson, Minister of Pub-: Ho Instruction; Mr Nimmo, Commissioner of Pablio Woiks; Mr Walker, Commissioner of Trades and Customs ; Mr Outhbert, Minister of Justice ; Mr Lorimer, Minister of Defence, and Mr Dftvies portfolio without office. It is believed that Mr Harper will be appointed to the vacant portfolio of Post-master-GeneraL BeodYod FArauy ISth, 12.90 pja. VIOTOBIAN POLITICS. MELBOUBNE, February 18. Messrs. Walker, Nimmo, Lorimer, and Cuthbert have joined the new Tictorian Minietry, and the allotment of their respective portfolios takes place to-day. It is considered probable that Messrs Harper, Quick and Davis will also be included in the Ministry. The dissolution of Parliament takes place tomorrow, and the general election has been fixed for sth Maroh. Mr Gillies has announced that he will issue his electoral manifesto to-morrow.
Becrirad February 18th, 7.15 p.«n CABLE CHABGES. SYDNEY, February 18. It ia announced that the Gable Companies tare agreed to the terms demanded by the New Zealand Government, proTided that the subsidy be for a period of clx years and a-quarter, instead of fire as offered.
■mlrtd Frtrouy 18th. 11 p.m.
SYDNEY, February 18.
Iα the LegialatiYe Aeeembly to-day the Premier, Sir John Robertson, announced that hie. Excellency Lord Oarringtoa had declined to grant a dissolution of Parliament, and Ministers had decided to piece their resignations in the hands of the Governor forthwith. A Supply Bill for £1,020,000 was paeeed through all its stages, after which the Assembly adjourned.
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Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6371, 19 February 1886, Page 3
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