INTERCOLONIAL.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 358, 6 November 1897, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL.

Melbourne, Nov. 4. At the Australasian Axemen's Carnival, Mitchell (New Zealand) won the £100 handicap for under-hand chopping. Brisbane, Nov. 4. Professor Koch, the German bacteriologist, who was invited to visit Queensland to experiment with the tick pest, declined owing to his services being retained by the German Government. Hobart, Nov. 4. The Premier (Sir E. N. Braddon), addressing" the Legislative Assembly, announced, as the result of a Ministerial | caucus, that the present time was inopportune for the Government to resign, and they would therefore continue to hold ' office. j Sydney, Nov. 4. In the legislative Assembly Mr Lyne's motion of censure was defeated by 65 to 33. The liabor party voted with tho Government. Mr McGowan, as their spokesman, blamed the warden, not the Minister for Mines, for acting partially. The Libor party, he said, determined to have an inquiry, but Mr Lyne's motion was intended to bnrk that inquiry. In the L -gislative Assembly the financial debate has concluded. The Premier announced that up to date £6130 had been "expended in connection with the Federal Convention, £2200 being for the entertainment of visiting delegates. The Amateur Swimming Association has decided to send a team, of four to New Zealand. No polo team nor a man solely for plunging will be sent. The Association will not hold a carnival this year. . The * Westvrn News ' states that two mission stations at Kuchen belonging to the Plymouth Brethren have been destroyed by fanatical Chinese. Five lady teachers had narrow escapes, and sought refuge in the house of a European, which was burned. Eventually they managed to escape to the hills. The Catholic mission was also attacked. Before serious damage was done the authorities sent a force and suppressed the riot. Kalgoorxie, Nov. 4. Alluvial has been struck with two feet of sinking near Mount Robinson. The prospectors obtained 300zj., including a 6 jz. nugget. It is also reported that a rich reef has been discovered in the same locality.