AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11955, 6 August 1904, Page 7

AUSTRALIA.

United Preu Associttion—By Electric ' Telegraph—Copyright. MANUFACTURERS' CONFERENCE. BRISBANE, August 5. The Manufacturers' Conference earned resolutions recommending the chartering of a steamer to carry sample displays of produce to the Eaet and South Africa; Uμ repeal of the clause in the mail contracts preventing tie employment of other than white labour on steamers, and a bonus in aid of the iron industry. AN ENLIGHTENED SAMOAN. The Government has accepted the offer of a Samoan to build a schoolroom and a teacher's residence in one of the Torres Strait's Islands, at a cost of £250, if the Government would establish a school and appoint teachers.. DECLINING BIRTH-RATE. SYDNEY, August 5. The Anglican Synod has appointed a committee to report whether mean* could be adopted to meet the declining birthrate, and the Royal Commission's appeal to the Churches to awaken public conscience in the question.. THE ATHANASIAN CREED. s The Synod lengthily discus*cd a motion in favour of the omission of the rubrio from the Book of Common Prayer, directing the public use of the Athanasian Oaed. Ths motion waa finally withdrawn. THE PLAGUE. The plague patient has succumbed. . SOCIALISM AND LIBERALISM. Mr Cawuthers, in hi* final appeal to the electors, asks them to choose between extreme Socialism, based on class legislation on the one hand, and Liberalism on the other. - . THE SALVING OF THE AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, August 5. The underwriters interested in the wrecked mail steamer Australia have appointed a committee to, report if action •should be taken against the Government, to recover d&muge* on the ground of the m-gligence or incoinpetency of its servant*. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FINANCE. ADELAIDE, An»ust 5. Tbe revised estimates show that the .expenditure for the year end«l • Juno was £2,543,000, and the revenue £2,511,000. A PERILOUS EXPERIENCE. (Received August sth, 10.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 5. Mr Lewie, Opposition, candidate for Deniliquin, hae bad » sensational experience. Sβ waa caught in the flood waters of the river Murray, and spent'ten days on an island, with nothing to eat but the oats lie carried with him for hie horse. When he woe found he was in a very weak state. After remaining for two days on the,island, hia companion, Mr Martin, etarted to iwim the river io bring assistance. He has not since been seen, and it m believed that he was drowned. Mr Lewis proceeds to tht election. SYDNEY, August 5. The Association footballers speak enthusiastically of their treatment in New Zealand, and /tote that there i* every pfobabaility of a New Zealand team returning their visit next season, NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTIONS. ' (Recewed August 6th, 1 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 5. The election campaign is being conducted with great vigour. To-morrow , * vote is awaited with keen interest. The re-arrangement of electorates under the reduced membership scheme, and the vot* splitting, which will be a deciding factor in & number of cases, makes it difficult to forecast the result. Both morning paper*, after an unsparing campaign against Government extravagance, predict an Opposition victory. On the other hand, it is claimed that Ministerialists, with the support of the Labour party, will have a majority, if only a email one. The eeata of some of the Ministers ore considered shaky.