AUSTRALIAN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9117, 30 May 1895, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNORSHIP. Sydney, May 29. The Premier has cabled to the Agent-General to inform the Marquis of Ripon that the Governorship is too important a post to justify the protracted delay. He added "If no one in the Mother Country is eligible or willing to occupy the position we are quite prepared to make suitable suggestions from amongst our own people." COLLISION BETWEEN A STEAMER AND A KETCH. A collision took place at the Heads between the steamer City of Grafton and the ketch Amy Moir. The latter was badly damaged and towed into port leaking heavily. RECOMMENDED FOR RELEASE. It is understood that the Cabinet has recommended the Governor to release Francis Abigail, who is undergoing a sentence for complicity in Bank frauds. A HOAX. Melbourne, May 29. Baron yon Mueller has received a telegram from Sydney that the cablegram announcing the discovery of the North Pole was a hoax. VICTORIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. The report of the Railway Committee recommends that the betterment system should be introduced in the construction of new lines, and also, that districts benefited should make good any deficiency in the working expenses and pay the interest on the cost of construction. A COMPROMISE ACCEPTED. . At a meeting of the creditors of Alfred Shaw and Co. it was decided to accept a compromise of 12s 6d in the £, payable in ten half-yearly instalments. GERMANY AND QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, May 29. The German colonists are preparing a memorial for presentation to the Reichstag and North German Lloyds Company urging that the Company's service should be extended to Queensland. The petition sets out that many German residents are financially largely interested in Queensland, the value of an extensive and growing export trade, the suitability of the colony as a market for German goods and its proximity to German New Guinea. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN. Adelaide, May 29. The Government is placing on the local market £300,000 worth of 3£ per cent, bonds, being the balance of the loan authorised in 1893. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC WORKS. Perth, May 29. The Minister of Railways announces that the Government will absolutely refuse all concession to syndicates for the construction of public works, as it is the policy of the country to construct and control all waterworks, railways, and tramways.