AUSTRALIAN NEWS By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 6952, 30 January 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received January 29, at 9 p.m. Sydney, January 29. Owing to the impossibility of New Zealand delegate* reaching Melbourne by Tuesday, at the suggestion of Sir H. Parkes, Mr Gillies has postponed the Federation Conference till Thursday, as well as the banquet Although it ha» been customary for the Premier of the colony where a conference meets to preside, it is thought that owing to the prominent part Sir H. Parkes ha* taken he will be elected to that position. The steamer Rivenna ran ashore at full speed during a haze. There are now 18 feet of water in her hold. The position in which the vessel lies is exposed. Bbibbanb, January 29. Many of the houses were washed away by floods at Maryborough. The suffering among the working classes is great, and a relief fund has been started. On one sugar plantation the loss is estimated at LlO.OOO.

Received January 29, at 9.15 p.m. Mjclboubki, January 29. Arrived—Madeira and Parnell, from Kaipara ; £. K. Wood, from Whangaroa. Sailed—M. E. Watson, for Lyttelton. Adelaide, January 29. Arrived—Victoria, from Kaipara. Newcastle, January 29. Arrived—Pendlebill, from Napier. Sailed—Hose M. and Magellan Cloud, for Auckland, Sypnby, January 29. Arrived—Grecian Bend, from Mercury Bay.