AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6748, 2 May 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

♦ [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.] [per press association.] (Received May 1, at 1 15 a m.) Sydney, April 30. At a meeting of the Colonial Sugar Company to-day it was stated that the question of the stoppage of the Blackbourne Company in Queensland had been carefully considered, with the result that the sugar industry (could net be carried on in the tropics

without Kanaka labor. The company had arranged for testa to be made in a suitable district in Fiji with the view of removing the Queensland millß there.. In the Legislative Assembly Sir H. Parkes has given notice that the Federation proposal* agreed upon at the Melbourne Conference be discussed on Wednesday. He intends to propose that Messrs Wm. M'Millan (East Sydney), J. Abbott (Wentworth), J. P. Garvan (Eden), and himself from the Legislative Assembly, snd Messrs E. Barton, Jennings and W. A. Suttor from the Legislative Council shall be the New South Wales delegates to the next Federation Conference. The Opposition are annoyed at G. R. Dibbs, member for Murrurabidgee, being overlooked, and the omission of hla name from the lish is likely to cause some trouble. Adelaide, April 30. The final harvest returns give the average yield to be 7 busUelß of 55 lbs to the acre. Several clerks engaged in the company formed for taking over the assets of the Commercial Bank have been arrested for issuing receipts to allotment forms. (Received May 1, at 1 45 p m.) Sydney, May 1. At th 9 inquest on those killed in the recent railway accident at Bathurst a verdict was returnei that the cause was accidental. A rider was added recommencing the use of side couplings pending the fitting of rolling stock with gear. A d iscovery of white marble has been made sL Ousina, a fcowa on the Richmond river, 505 miles north of Sydney, and is pronouoced to be equal to the finest marble obtained from Carara, Spatn. Melbourne, May 1. The estate of Jas. Mirams, Secretary of the Permanent Building Association, which recently closed its doors, has been placed in liquidation. Hia liabilities are set down at L 373.000 ; assets, L 390.000 Two leading theatric?! firms have been fined for employing children of tender yi ars in their theatres. (Recoived May 1, at 11 p m.) Sydney, May 1. § |The court martial on the ringleaders connected with the alleged mutiny on board HMS Egeria haa commenced.