AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 131, 26 September 1896, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CABLES.

GENERAL ITEMS

Sydnet, Sept. 26.

The Premier intends to allow Queensland and Western Australian time to pass a Federal Enabling Bill before fixing the date of the Convention.

The Conference of freezing companies to discuss the putting of the trade on a more satisfactory footing confirmed the scheme adopted at the recent conference, and decided to send representatives to London to arranga with the banks and financial companies for the formation of a London committee to operate with the Australian Association and work out the practical details. Mr Seddon suggested to Mr Reid that a united cable from the colonies should be sent to Lord Salisbury regarding the Armenian atrocities, but as Mr Reid thought it was better not to hamper the Imperial authorities, and replied to Mr Seddon to that effect, the latter concurring. The Sugar Company has reduced the price of sugar £1 per ton, and it is probable that a further reduction will shortly be made in New Zealand. A recent London cable announced the death by drowning of Lieutenant Warren, who at one time held a commission on H.M.S. Curacoa, and was well-known on the Australian station. Details to hand show that the warship Hermione, to which .Warren was atteahed, was steaming along the Scottish coast, when Engineer Good jumped overboard, and Warren, with great gallantry, sprang into the water to rescue him. The vessel was put about immediately and a thorough search made/but without avail, neither of the men being seen after. Perth, This day.

The Premier, in laying the foundation stone of the Royal Mint, said the value of the gold exported from the colony up to the present was £3,300,000, but the yield was only in its infancy. Cook town, This day.

The captain of the Albatross has published a letter in the local press stating that the Australian Government has given permission to correct newspaper reports of the Solomon Island massacre, and he gives a brief account, which practically agrees with that already published. He says the encounter only lasted a few seconds. The party did not rely on their numerical strength and took all the precautions necessary. Hobabt, This day.

The Tutanekai cabled at Amsterdam Island to search for castaways, but found none. The crew counted forty bullocks and many rabbits on the island.

The Northern Cricket Association has engaged Palmer, the once famous Victorian bowler, as ground bowler.