AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 176, 20 November 1896, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

CFNEiiAL ITEMS. : : y;>xkv!?NOV. in. 'I ts • !*.;>:!•«:i ~t Fnlt nil Convention hits ;tSr» ivd the ivsidential qualification of Sei tutors from the to ten years and f'ir tit-..- loy.'it ChamU-r from three to iiv. y ars. Armaiul Jerome, who was wanted some time back ,in connection with heavy forgeries and was believed to (!• d. hr.s Ik en arr»» ;|;'d within twenty mil. -< f Sydney. ll*- had 1 i>n r»• -i• • i:iquirt'y H the bush. Four larks'* <.ii!i> -.r ves.-t.4s and unc steamer have bieti chartered tocoimy wheat from San Francisco to Australian ports. Ai>ki.aii>k, Nov. 1!). The (iovermnent expect to obtain seed wheat locally, hut alternative tenders are invited for New Zealand lontr berried and Cuiiforuiun. This day. In the Legislative Assembly it was stated that the (iovernment had declined an offer of the Anglo-French (ioldfields Company to complete the trai..- -continental railway tin a laud grant system, on the ground that it would create a large monopoly, and was therefore opposed to the best interests of the colony. In the Early Closing Hill the (iovernment proposal for a Metropolitan compulsory half-holiday was negatived. MK!.r.nri:NK. Nov. *2O. A new classification of railway employees has been made, entailing ail additional expenditure of £22,000 for the present year ami i'iJO.OOO for next year. In the Legislative A>- mhly the Colonial Treasurer stated that since 1*72. ri*-r cent, stock amounting to iT2.Os.-,.000 had been issued. This stock will be redeemed next year, and a loan covering it will shortly be floated. The inter* st will probably be fixed at three per cent. Wilson's colt. Mrrman. has been sold to Mr William Allison for between £l-100 and £2OOO, and will be shipped to England early in Pocember to join the Cobham stud. He is intended to he raced for some time, and aftewards will so to the -.tud.