INTERCOLONIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 8267, 12 July 1890, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

[By Klbotbio Tkljwhaph.—Copybiuht.i [Per Pbess Association, | CABLE INTERRUPTION. SYDNEY, July 12. Postmaster General O'Connor has arranged with Postmaster-General Xodd to charter the s.s. Tannadice, hourly due at Port Darwin, for the conveyance of messages between Banjoewangi and that port during the continuance of the break. ADELAIDE, .Tni.T 12. Postmaster-General Todd is of opinion that the cables have been broken simultaneously near Banjoewangi owing to a volcanic eruption, and that the break has occurred in the deep gut separating bank sounding on the Asiatic side from bank sounding on the Australian side. THE CABLE QUESTION. MELBOURNE, July 12. _ Postmaster-General Derham, is communicating with the colonial Government for the purpose of ascertaining their views in respect to Chancellor Goschcn's refus.il to contribute to the cable guarantee. PERSONAL. BRISBANE, July 12. It is stated that Sir Thomas M'llwraith has declined the invitation of the Liberal party in Ayr, his native town, to contest that seat at the general election. A PLUCKY VOYAGER. PERTH, July 12. The Storm King has sailed hence for Adelaide. The mayor presented Captain Jorgensen with a purse of sovereigns that had been subscribed by the citizens in recognition of his Bkilful seamanship. RAILWAY EXTENSION. MELBOURNE, July 12. Owing to the representations of members who took part in the railway caucus, the Government have decided to extend the limits of the new lines from 250 to 300 miles.