AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[fRESS ASSOCIATION.]
THE RABBIT CONFERENCE. Sydney, June 29, The Rabbit Conference has dispersed, to meet in Sydney some time, hence, after the experiments with Pasteur's! chicken cholera have been completed. Mr. Bell, the New Zealand representative, leaves Sydney for New Zealand to-day.
A REPORTED GOLD DISCOVERY
Brisbane, June 29. The reported discovery of gold at Pine Creek turns out to be a " duffer.''
THE ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP.
Sydney, June 29. Kemp has accepted the challenge issued by Hanlan to row for the championship and £500.
A SYDNEY PAPER ON NEW
ZEALAND FINANCE.
Sydney, June 29. The Daily Telegraph has a leader on the New Zealand tariff debate, in which it says the Government had to face a. thankless task in straightening the finances of the colony. They were entitled to lenient criticism. The Protection policy brought out is not openly as a change of policy, but as a means of providing revenue. The best safeguard against the insidious approach to Protection is the economical administration which is insisted on. THE LOST SHIP. Hob art, June The s.s. lonic has Cape news confirming the foundering of the vessel off the Aguelhas, as reported by the Drummond Castle. The Drummond Castle remained by the disabled vessel, when she suddenly disappeared at half-past three a.m. on the 4th of June. No one was seen on board the wreck. It was impossible to lower a boat, owing to the heavy sea.
OBITUARY. Sydney, June 29. Mr. Moore, a member of the Legislative Council, is dead.
THE SUPPOSED NEW GUINEA
MURDER.
Brisbane, June 29. Mr. Thomas Dilkie, prospector, who was believed to have been murdered by New Guinea blacks, has turned up safely.
THE SYDNEY WHARF LABOUR-
ERS' DISPUTE.
Sydney, June 29. The difficulty with the wharf labourers as to the rate to be charged for discharging goods in bags has been settled by the employers conceding 3d per hour.
THE VOLUNTEER ENCAMPMENT.
Melbourne, June 29. The proposed Federal volunteer encampment has been abandoned.
SHIPPING. Sydney. June 29. Arrived : The s.s. Hauroto.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9094, 30 June 1888, Page 5
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