INTERCOLONIAL CABLE ITEMS AUSTRALIAN

Grey River Argus, 2 July 1914, Page 5

INTERCOLONIAL CABLE ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN

(By Electric Telegraph — Gopywnght.j (Per United Press Association.) ORAMA'S PASSENGERS. MELBOURNE. July i. The Orama's New Zealand passengrers are as follows: — Messrs Isaacs, Morgan, Bartlett, Whitehead and son, Belliigues, .and son, Colonna, Shearer McGuakl, Houston, McLeish (four), Paul; Mesdames Bartlett, Wrightson Morgan, Whitehead, Bellugues ; 'Misses Holland, Taylor, and thirty-nine third class. A WIRELESS CALL FOR HELP. PORT DARWIN, July i. The Federal Wireless station pick ■r\ up a distance of 2300 miles a message from the Dutch liner Vancloon, -i.anprerously ashore .at Salonga, Straits Settlements, asking- for assistance. A steamer was sent from Batavia. i FEDERAL REVENUE. I MELBOURNE. July 1. T he Federal revenue for the ve^r is which is ',£271,450 above -.he estimate. SEQUEL TO HOME RULE CONTROVERSY. SYDNEY July 1. The action O'Brien versus Daily Telegraph, resulted in a- verdict for defendant's. NORFOLK ISLAND EN FETE. SYDNEY. July 1. Norfolk Island is-, en. fete' to-day in connection with the crcrcmoiiv of trans ferring the administration from New South Wales' to the Comonwealth Government. The acting Administrator .r^ad the proclamation vesting the control in the Governor-General instead of New Soiith Wales. The Administrator at nVht entertained the whole of the inhabitants at a ball in honour of the occasion. PARLIAMENT DISSOLVES. MELBOURNE. July 1 The Prime Minister states t Tint the dissolution will take place on July 20th, on that date writs will be issued for a frerKral election. August w'll be t*»o last dov for the noni'^ntio-n of rin rlidntp". Polling diy will be September sth. ALLEGED LIBEL. SYDNEY, July 1.An action has been (ommenced wherein the Co-operative .Insurance Company, Limited, claims ;£50,000 damages for alleged Jibel acrainst the Sun Newspaper Gompanv contained in an aitfcle published in the financial columns commention on the Cooperative Coy's annual report amLthe issue of a prosptTflls. dcnlinq- with the proposed increase of capital Plaintiff's daim that the comments meant that the ■ company had im proper] v T' % frn;r'p,'l from placing before the nublic tlm true facts of the finnnci.nl npsition, and r.oTifhi: to obtain new. capital by- rnpro ncr concenlment of tlip m.nf*»ri:il fnevs.