AUSTRALIAN.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1970, 30 September 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Reuter’s Telegrams

Sydney, Sept. 29

At the Mercantile Marine Comference now proceeding here, the shipowners’ representatives completed their cis - ', and the delegates for the employees are now engiged stating theirs. Intelligence is to hand that a French military post- has been formed at the New Hebrides. Melbourne, Sept. 29. The death is announc d of William Hoskins, the well known comedian. THE CABLE QUESTION. Sydney, Sept. 29. It is indent.! h] to increase the charges for telegrams between Australia and New Zealand from thetirs proxim >. It is me ding with great, disfavor here, and probably the first Government of this colony w.ll be urged to j <in with New Zealand in renewing the subsidy, in order to secure a reduction of tariff.

Received Sept. 29, at 2.49 p.tn Melbourne, Sept, 29.

Communications are passing between the Governments of NS.W, and Victoria with a vbw to the prevention of the threatened increase in the Cable Tariff between Australia and New Zealand. The Victorian Government, it is understood, favors a general contribution by the colonies to all the Australian Cables on the basis of population, Mr Warren, Superintendent of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company at Low Heads, Tasmania, has wired to the London Office of the Company suggesting that the proposed increase in the tariff be post, poned for a month to all nv of further negotiations.

(united press association),

Wellington, Sept. 29

Sir Julius Vogel has received a cable from Mr Suttor, PostmasterGenera! of New South Wales, s’ating that he has cabled to the Chair man of the Eastern Extension Co., in a similar sense to the communication sent by Sir Julius Voge’, Sir J. Vogel lias received no inr formation whatever confirming the messages as to the excitement in Melbourne and Sydney over the threatened raising of the rates. He has however received an uher cable from llqe Chairman of the Cable Co , iu wlpch the latter c>mhats the views expressed in the cable lie had rec ived and claims the right to raise the tariff, but goes on to a Id, “The Go. will postpone the of the tariff until Janui-y first next if yoij choose to consider the proposals with a view to an amicable arrangement.”