AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 132, 7 June 1906, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

r • f Jtress association;! -."A--NEW CARGO SERVICE. * *' (Received June 7, 9.37 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 7. Advices received* State; s that; the Peninsular arid Orient Steaniship Company wilt inaugurate a monthly cargo service to Australia in November. Four 8000-ton vessels will be employed. The Poona will be the firs;t despatched. A METEORIC PHENOMENON. ... . : ■-•■-■ BRISBANE, June 7. s-A brilliant meteor was widely seen at Dalky, acconrpanied by a rumble like distant thunder. The concussion caused dwellings to rattle. HEAVY WEATHER PREDICTED. SYDNEY, June 6. The Observatory predicts that the anti-cyclone of pronounced character now raging over Tasmania will cause heavy gales in the Tasman Sea. : THE FLAGSHIP. '■ SYDNEY, June 6. . H.M.S. Powerful, with Admiral Fawkes aboard, has sailed for a short cruise to Fiji. THE ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE.

MELBOURNE, June 7. It is understood that several tenders were received for the English mail service, but no firm or company availed itself of the opportunity to,lodge a tender contingent upon the construction of vessels for the service. Cabinet has not yet dealt with the tenders.