AUSTRALIAN.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), 26 January 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[I'ER TRESS ASSOCIATION. —COI'YEIOHT.J

SYDNEY CROWDED WITH VISITORS

ANNIVERSARY HANDICAP.

SHIPPING ITEMS. THIS RABBIT PEST. POSTAL CONFERENCE. . (Received January 'Jf>, 1 p.m.) Syuxky, This day. Visitors have been arriving- in the city all j the week. The hotels arc overcrowded, and uiiiiblo to find HUttioiunt accommodation. The street illuminations and decoratii-ns which take place this evening arc on a most magnificent ncule, and they arc expected to far'surpti.ss tliose shown on the occasion of Her Majesty's Jubilee. The weather continues line, but rain is reported to becoming down the coast. Ben Bolt, having won the Paramatta Handicap, has shortened in price for the Anniversary Ila.dicap, and has been supported down to four to one. Queen has also been strongly t-iipported at six to one. Sailed, this morning—Alainc-da, for Auckland. Hoiubt, This day. Arrived, yesterday —Aorungi, from Plymouth. She has one hundred and twenty passengers for New Zealand, including Dr Grimes, tlio now Catholic Bishop ot Obristclinroh, . Mklbouiine, 1 his day. Mr Back, head of the Rabbit Department, is of opinion that chicken cholera, proposed to bo introduced by M. Pa«teur for tho extermination of rabbits, will prove dangerous to oilier animals, ami also to birds. He recommends that experts should be sent to Paris to consult with M Pasteur. Arrived, yesterday evening — Kutomahaua, from tlie Blutf,

! (Received January 2-i, 1.45 p.m.) . Sydney, This day. In his speech nt tho Postal Conference last night, Sir William Fitzherbert stated that he found when pass-inrr fir v.i.v'i Canada recently that the deepest Lnoroat was taken there in the proposed Pacifio cable, and tlio Canadian Government were ino-t anxious to co-operate with the Australian colonic? in the matter. He was authorised to state, ako, that New Zealand was ready to cooperate with Australia in ail national matters. The Hon. F. Derham, Post-master-General of Victoiia, propos-'d thive resolutions, which were eairied after a long discussion which lasted until past midnight. These were (1) that tho several colonies should contribute in proportion to their population to tho whole of the subsidies now paid to the cable companies, includiug the New Zealand and Tasmanian lines, and that Great Britain should be asked to contribute ; (2) that it is desirable that the proposed route of the Pacific cable via Vancouver be surveyed, that a reduction of the rates bo considered. The representative of Queensland dissented from the first resolution. Sir William Fitzherbert, on behalf of New Zealand, said he could not pledge his Government to it, but would urge upon them tho necessity of •riving their concurrence. New South Wales and South Australia dissented from the first resolution on the grounds that the present communication was sufficient. The Conference has decided to levy contributions to the ocean mail subsidy on those colonies not in the new contract on a basis of population. The Queensland delegates strongly protested against such a course being adopted, as it would be unfair to Queensland, which has to keep up the Tones Straits service. It was decided to ask Great Britaiu to agree to an exchange of the twopenny postal card.