AUSTRALIAN.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7266, 28 January 1889, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

[PEB F-ÜBSS A-SOOIATION.] Received January SSth. 1 p.m. WESLEYAN TRANSFERS. Stdnbt, January 26. The Wesleyan Conferences, now sitting in South Australia and Victoria, have declined, at the' request of the General Conference, to suspend action in connection with the transfer of ministers from oue Conference to another. Both New Zealand and New South Wales Conferences have agreed to the request of President Symona to suspend action for the present. THE GRAIN SHOW. MiLBOmwB, January 26. The special grain show at the Exhibition is a failure. The exhibits, which are few in number, have no special excellence. NEW ZEALAND FISH. A Company with a capital of £20,000 is being established for imparting frozen fish from New Zealand into Victoria. TASMANIAN LOAN. Hobart, January 26. Parliament has consented to the Government proposal for raising one million pounds on 3£ per cent, debentures. MURDER BY NATIVES. Brisbane, January 26. The murder of a Government agent named Armstrong by the natives at Nalafa is confirmed. The body was cut to pieces with a tomahawk, and distributed among various chiefs of the island. Reoeived January _7th, 11 *.m. PROSPECTS OF NEW ZEALAND: MausocßNS, January 26. The Melbourne Argus this morning, in an article on New Zealand, congratulates the colony on the return of prosperity, and gives reasons for believing that greater progress will be manifested in the next few years. The article, in referring to tbe New Zealand Exhibition at Dunedin, urges Victoria to make the most effective representation. Raoe-ved January -Bt_» Ust -»_». FIRE IN SYDNEY. Sybnet, January 27. Gunetler's cafe in Pitt street was destroyed by fire early this morning. It was insured for £10,000. The National and New Zealand Insurance Companies have a line of £4500 on the premises. Salvage reduces the loss to £6000.