AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8052, 4 August 1904, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

— • ; — — - [press association.] (Received August 4, 9.11 ».m.) ■< . SYDNEY, August 4. A case of plague is reported from Clarence street. •" *• r-\ "PERTH, August 4. . Ihe population of the State is 239,024; an increase of 15,745 in twelve month*, nn _ ~ / BRISBANE, August 4. The Chamber of . Manufactures' Coni ferenoe resolved .that each State Govern- . ment should continue W provide and' administer its 9wn ihauptrM owing ttt the varied natutal k*>n<fitldriß. Uniform legislation would, be found .unworkable: The Conference also favore dthe appoinjt c ment of unpaid assessors instead of paid assessors in the iridustrial courts. < (Received Ausrust 4, 9:11 a.m») MELBOURNE, August 4. Two more sittings of : the. House were occupied in disttasaitig /the Capital Siteji Bill, and the debate is unfinished. Captain Parsons,' Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine, in hjs evidence on the Navigation Bill Commission, BBijj-three-fifths of the crews of British vessel^ were foreigners, and the proportion was rapidly increasing. Foreign vessels «m» ployed their own sailors. ; Some of the conditions regarding the treatment of sear men required amendment. The principal reason for desertions was to get Australian wages. • ■''■/■ • . ADELAIDE, August 4. ' It has been decided to reorganise the Agricultural Department; and,, advertise . for a professor in Europe. MELBOURNE, August 4. The Argentine has agreed to allow importatkm of Australian stock, excepting cattle, unquarantined.* ' ; v i v - A sale of thoroughbreds included the following Newj Zealand-b.red horses >- Earl Darnley,- 225fts; Fighting Male, Bonnie Charlie, 200g*$ Earl ' Russell, 125gs; Quality King, J2ogs; Commonwealth, Prince George, lOOgs: Mr J. T. Cox« -of New Zealand; bought '^weedside for 180 guineas. "',• ' '^,- .