AUSTRALIAN

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6014, 3 December 1890, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN

[PER FBKSS ASSOCIATION — COPYRIGHT. 1 (Received December 3, 1 p.m.) THE SYDNEY FIRE. Sydney, This day. From tho outset their was no chance of saving the building wherethefireoriginated, so the efforts of the fire.uen were directed to the adjoining property, Tho heat was so intense that tho firemen had to erect a shield behind which they worked. A number had their hands and facea burned. The shi'd destroyed was 150 feet by -10. Tho night was calm, and the wholo city was beautifully illuminated. A number of vessels lying at the wharf were removed for safety. A stack of 750.000 feet of timber was ignited, but tho Brigade succeeded in saving a large portion. Tho oil burnt through the night, but there was no futther damage. Tho loss is now estimated at £30,000. The buildings and wharves are fully covered by insurance, but it is not known whether the kerosene was insured. CABLE QUESTION. Tho Sydney Morning Herald considers tbo South Australian proposal m connection with the reductiou of cable rates infraternal and ungracious. New Zetland pleaded poverty in severe trials and tho commercial depression endured. The reason cannot but bo respected, and the good feeling of tho colonies concerned will impel them to take no unfair adyantago of tho guarantors. WANT-OF-CONFIDENCE MOTION. Adklaidk, This day. Mr John Downer, loader of the Opposition, has given notice of a want of-con-riilence mjtion in tho Ministry. DEFENCE OF ALBANY. The Defence Commission have returned and recommended that the Albany defence be procoeded with at onco. They consider tho various positions of the utmost importance. The Imperial (iovernment have intimated a strong desire to commeneo operations immediately Tho Commissioners will visit Tasmania, and they are not likely to proceed to Port Darwin and Thursday Island before April, owing to the state of tho weather. MINING LEGISLATION. The Mining Commmission recommend the Government to seek the co-operation of ithe other colonies to appoint a joint Commission to arrange for uniform mining legislation.