AUSTRALIAN.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7194, 2 November 1888, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

]Bt Elrctric Telegraph.—Coptrioht.] [per press association.] Received November let, 12.60 p.m. BANK OF NEW S'JUTH WALES. Stdnhy, November 1. The Bank of Isew .South Y\ aiea has declared a dividend of 15 per cent, with a bonus of 2£. SIR M. MACKENZIE'S BOOK. The first instalment of Sir M. Mackenzie's book, describing the illness of the Kmperor Frederick, appears in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday. SINGULAR CASE. The sentence on Harris, convicted of infanticide, lias been commuted to six montQs' imprisonment. It appears he killed the child to save the life of the mother, who was counned in the bush, where no rueJical asaiatauoe wud available. PETITION AGAINST A CHIEF JUSTICE. Perth, November 1. The petition of the newspaper proprietors against Chief Justice Ouslow has been forwarded to Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Receive November Ist, 12.60 p.m. INTERCOLONIAL FREETRADE. Melbourne, November 1. At the Conference of the Chambers of Cooinierce, now being held here, a resolution was passed iv favor of intercolonial freetrade on the basis of the Customs Union, with a uniform tariff. The Chambers of various colonies will be requested to notniuate delegates to investigate the question fully. THE Di OUGHT. Brisbane, November 1. Owing to the drought owners of stock decline to enter into contracts with the Queensland Meat Company for monthly shipments of frozen mutton. The state of the country is unprecedented, and ah enormous loss will be occasioned unless the dry weather breaks up immediate!/.