AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11547, 1 April 1903, Page 8

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. A SMALLPOX-STRICKEN SHIP. MELBOURNE, March 31. The ship Angelo Repetto has arrived from Marseilles. One of the crew is suffering from smallpox, and two other cases occurred during the voyage. VOLCANIC PUMIOK ON THE SEA. BRISBANE, March 31. The captain of the Aorangi reports that or. the 26th inst, from four o'clock to eleven o'clock in the morning the vessel steamed through floating pumice stone. PLAGUE RATS IN BRISBANE. Rats suffering from bubonic plague have been found in the city. QUEENSLAND'S TREASURY BILLS. The whole of the £600,000 worth of Treasury bills have been (successfully placed. SOUTE( AUSTRALIAN SEED WHEAT FUND. ADELAIDE, Maroh 31. The Seed Wheat Fund is exhausted. The sum of £26,000 has been distributed to over three thousand applicants. THE ARLTUNGA FIELD. Paroels of stone from cine claims at Arltunga were treated at the Government battery, and gave returns varying from 12dwt to nearly 4oz to tlie ton. NEW AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIP. (Received March 31st, 10.44 p.m.) SYDNEY, Maroh 31. A cable message' bus been received from the Admiralty* to-day stating that the cruiser Niobe leaves England in Ju.ce with a crew of 700 officers and men to replace tiha Royal Arthur as flagship on the Australian station. The Royal Arthur and her crew are; ordered Home. ' THE MURDERED MISSIONARY. BRISBANE, March 31. New Guinea advices state that the skull of the Rev. James Chalmers, the murdered missionary, has been recovered from tho natives and buried in his wife's grave at. Daru. A special funeral service was held. UIFT FROM THE (Receive J March blst, 10.28 p.m.) LONDON. March 31. The Queen has given £1000 to the London Hospital. ADMIRAL DEWEY ON.BRITISH FRIENDSHIP. Renter's Agency states that Admiral Dewey, in the course of an interview in New York, declared Americans ought to give Great Britain more credit for her real friendship. Great Britain was AimTicaV best and safest friend ;uid her largest customer. CRITICISM OF THE AMERICAN NAVY. BERLIN, March 31. Count Reventlow at Berlin declared the American naval nianuHtvres showvd immaturity and bad shooting. The morale and personnel of the Navy were very low. FRENCH SUBMARINES. PARIS. March 31. The newtst type of French submarine is of 350 tons burden, and 160 feet. long. It will carry four tubes. It is expected the vessels will be employed to haunt the commercial routes.