AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 130, 3 June 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, June 2. The first intimation of the course the Government iutended to pursue iu the pre-, aent oriaia was oonveyed in a Gazette posted up in the Parliament buildings, announcing the prorogation until the 16th instant. The Government are very reticent as to the next step, but it ia understood that a Gazette will be issued on baturday dissolving Parliument. Hansen, sentenced to death for the murder of Dunk, at Peak Hill, waa hanged to-day. (Reoeived June 8, 12.15 pirn.) SYDNBt, June 3. Victoria is making' strenuous efforts to get the route of the auxiliary squadron from Torres Strait to King George's Sound, ! so that the vessels may make Melbourne the first port of oall instead of Sydney, aa at .present intended, The Viotorian Government have made overtures ta New Zealand and Tasmania, asking them to use their influence in the same direotiou. The Intercolonial Conference whioh was convened to enquire into the ravages of rust in wheat has commenced its sittings. Melbourne, June 3. Sailed—Hauroto, for the Bluff. The returns for the past month ahow that under the new oable rates the receipts are 16 per cent below the monthly average, under the old tariff, while the number of words transmitted has iuoretised 80 per cent.