AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 1962, 4 January 1913, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

BY ELEOTBIO TEX_EaBAPH— COPYBIGH. . PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

Sydney, January 3. Professor Spencer, after residing for a year in the Northern Territory, says the weather there at times is extremely hot. Still, with modern conveniences, it is perfectly healthy. He was never in better health than during his sojourn there. AN ELLNGAMITE PARALLEL. The Marine Court enquiry into the wreck of the Urilla on her Whitsuntide passage exonerated Captain James Garden entirely. The commander of H.M.S. Sealark reported that the rock whereon the Urilla struck was wrongly charted. The chart places the rock south of Ripple Rock, whereas it was considerably to tho eastward. An opinion is held in some quarters that the Ybngala disaster was attributable to this error. ■ SYDNEY THEATRE FIRE. The insurances in the Crystal Palace Theatre fire are: contents £36,000, buildings £26,000. TASMANIA'S NEW GOVERNOR. Hob.art, January 3. Dr. Delaney, the Roman Catholic Archbishop, in a. letter to the press, protests against the appointment of the Hon. \V. E. MacArtney, a Past Grand Master of an Orange Lodge in Ulster, as Governor of Tasmania. The letter adds: "If the Premier knew the facts, and acquiesced in the appointment, he must not be surprised to learn that Catholics feel rightly aggrieved at the turn he has played off on them."

The Tasmania branch of the United Irish League'has also cabled protests to Mr Redmond, Mr Asquith, and Mr Lloyd George. (Received Jan. 4, 9.20 a.m.) SHIPPING ITEMS. Newcastle, January 4. Sailed—Kaipoi, for Napier. Melbourne, January 4. FEDERAL REVENUES. The Federal Customs excise revenue •for the past six months amounted to £7,955,747, an increase of £937,031. The Treasurer forecasted a decrease of £199,000. The postal revenue increased by £37,215.