AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 125, 28 May 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

: ' Hobabt, May 27. The exploripgVpaftyVwhioU. visited, the, .limeßtone oares atj Ida Bay report th^exis'" itenoe of a ; oliff, a hundred feet' high, composed of beautiful black and dove coloured tnarble. Exciting reports are arriving £rom>the North-west silver fields, tte'aiderita of Emu ■ Bay are giving £78 eaoh for shares in the Prospering Company at North Valley, where lumps of silver ore weighing Bowt eaoh have been found. The 8.8. Dorio arrived this morning, and sails for New Zealand at 6 a.m. to-morrow. She brought 40 passengers for Australia, and haß 73 for N9W Zealand. -'■'■' :■. ' Sydney^ May 27, Mr Dibbs, the leader of 'the Opposition! today moved a direct vote of censure on the Government, and the Houhg is now disoussing the question of adjournment in consequence thereof. ,;• i' ■' Brisbane, May 27. ■■ The Moltke'B missing boat has arrived safely. '; ■< ; '-.■■ '.:;;• Adelaide, May 28, The Executive have deoided that the head of the Government shall in future be known as the Prime Minister. This is the result of tho deoision arrived at at Che Conference of the Premiers of the respective colonies^ held ■', in Sydney daring the sitting of "the Federal Convention. v "•' -- ' . ' Mklboubne, May 28. Sailed— Rotomahsna for the Blofl. Mr ,J. Q, Puffy, Postmaster-General, hat) deoided that it is undesirable to establish a a penny post for Victoria. It is stated that New Zealand favours an intercolonial penny postage, though the statement lacks official confirmation. The Admiralty upholds Bear Admiral Lord Oharles Soott's oontention that under the tittle ol l> Hia EsoeUenos " he takes preoe« denoe ol the Governors ol (be Australian uoloniea, the Governor 01-tbe bolony in whiob. he happens to be excepted.

.;■■'. Sydney, May 28. , In the House last night, Sir Henry Pnrkes said he proposed to'prooeed with the Bill for the abolition of plural voting before dealing /With the Federation question. On hearing this statement the Opposition aooused sir Henry oi attempting to to shelve the Federation proposals, and several members of tho Opposition who supported him oa the latter question declared that they were disgusted with him because of hie aotion. The feeling in political oiroles is that the fate of the Ministry is sealed.

(Speoial to Pr&ss Asaooiation.) „' . n London, May 25, . The Bishop of Auckland has arrived in London,

In the House o! Oommons, Mr W. H. Smith has given notioe that on Thursday he will move that Mr De Oobain. M.P. for Belfast, against whom ohargea of a serious nature were preferred, be expelled from the House. The death is announoed of the Ven, John Evans, M,A,, Arohdeaoon of Merionethshire North Waled.

A Captain Tripone has been arrested on n charge of disclosing the seoreta of the War Office.

It has been diaoovorad that General Booth has been speculating, and has loßt the sum o! £2000 owing to the bankru toy of a stookbroker.

St Peteushuro*, May 25, Sinoo the Caar deprived the Grand Duke Miohael of all military rank held by him id the Russian army, owing to his aeoret marriage with the daughter of the Duke of Nassau, there has been a growing diaaffeotion among the Guards, and this has how developed to suoh an extent that 46 of the officers have, by orders of the Czar, been placed under arrest.

The Czar is arranging to leave for Mos oo w.

PABIS, May 25. M, Turpiu, inventor of the Melinite gun, has been arrested on a oharge of treason in Belling the seoret of his invention to Sir W, Armstrong, Mitchell, and Company, Romk, May 26. The Italian Government is ordering eight 80-ton guns and 50 oannon.

.Athens, May 25. Placards have been posted in Corfu inciting the inhabitants to rebellion, and threatening the King of Greece with death. Buenos Axbeb, May 24. A serious revolution has broken out at Oordobft, the inland capital of the Argentine State. No details are to hand, as tho inBargents have out the wires.

. May 25. During the revolt there were, eleven hours of fighting, twenty .five noraons being killed. Peace h.BB, however, * again been restored,

; Mexico, May 26. The Mexican Govemmeut has despatched troops to Aoapulco to prevent the Esmeralda getting ooal, A conflict with the Chilian vessel is feared,

Valparaiso, May 25. . An American oruiaer is awaiting at Iquique to capture the steamer Itata. The Government gunboats v bombarded Iquique and Port Faltal, whioh were in possession of the insurgents, and recaptured tho guns and routed the garrison.

A mutiny is said to have broken out among the insurgent troops,