AUSTRALIAN.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2049, 3 January 1887, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

- —— O FEDERAL MAIL SERVICE. THE SMALLPOX PATIENTS. THE KEILL4WARRA AFFAIR. OSTRICHES FOR NEW ZEALAND, REVENUE RETURNS. (reuter's telegrams.) Melbourne, Dec. oi. It is announced that Tne Vic toriau Government differs from the views express. 1 by the British Post master-Generai in replying to a deputaP n from the London Guamher of Commerce, ia favor of the postponement of the question of trie Austral an Mail Service un'ii 'the mee'ing of the OJontal Conference: and Mr Durham, Post mas erGenerai of this colony, proposes the colonies should invite tenders for a Federal Mail Service without delay. The quarantined passengers from p the Preussen are a’l in good health, j January 1 j Two sieerage passengers from the Preussen are sickening with the j small-pox at the Quarantine Bta~ '

■ Con. These further outbreaks are ■ attributed to imperfect isolation. j The Victorian and New South j Wa e-t Governments hive reduced } their proportion >t« ch inres on telej grams between Australia ai.d New { Zealand to a half penny per word, j No spe in! cone s i.n is made for ) press me-, uses. . Fo’l wing are the New Zealand i passengers r steamship Sutlej, , which arrived at Albany on the !28 It, boil'd for MvUourne:—Mr | and i*lri C: r a:.»I child, Mr and • M s Gul ’ch an l child, Mr ami Mrs . Ho ole, ALr and Mrs West wood, Mr | and Mrs Allen two sons and a J(1 uighter, Mr and Mrs and Miss j Sidley, Mr Knight. ] Adk aide, Doc 31. j The h°u,ltb of the smallpox ' pa tie tits at the Quarantine Station I is i r.pr vi.og. j January 1. ! Another of the passengers at the j Quarantine Station is sickening j with small-pox. i lit; it art, January 1. I The barque J ohanna Broderson j writ a wimb r of ostriches arrived j here, bound for N.Z .Sydney. Dec. 31. The decision of the Marine Board in comu'c i ui with the Keillawirra enquiry wai» announced to-day. The B nrd found that the loss of the vessel ha! been caused by the neglect or Captain Ruttrey. They also found ill it the mate of the Helen Hi coil was iu default, owing to inj suffici tit care. Regret was exj pres-eel at the action of some of the crew of the Helen Nicoll in jumping oa board the Keillawarra. Thu Board further stated that if the crew of the iaCer vessel had seconded the efforts of the officers there would not have beeu so great a sacrili e of He. Tw.'.-ty-li e distinct cases of smallp x are rep ti ted amongst the Prousoi’s p->s-eagers as well as 31 su-pect> j d cases. The missim-ruy s dioonor Dayspring his y- rrivi.d from the New Hebrides. The captain reports that affairs at ;h■< Islands are quiet. Hobart, Jan 1. The Tasmanian revenue returns in the past q tartar are fairly satisfactory. , Adelaide, Jan 1. The ev ana for the past quarter j amounted to LI 21,028 and for the | hdfy a. to LS2 9,857. During the I quarter the revenue from iaxation u creased'by LI6 700 ; the Customs ■ receipts decreased lay L 4,700. i The local Mint has purchased five rhou nnd ounces of gold from the Teetulpa diggings, Tim Victorian revenue for the : n ist n■i 1m li ts increased by L 132,3 51 and during the year by LJ 13,099. The Customs receipts during the quaiter increased by Lot) 000, the railway revenue by LI-1,000 It is emsidered certain lha . t!i- year’s estimate of the revenue will be fully realised. The mining returns for Die past year n"Ow a decrease in the yield of L 129,359.