AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8882, 19 May 1892, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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THE A.M.P. SOCIETY.

Sydney, May 18. Messrs. Meek* and Short have been elected to the directorate of the A.M.P Society.

KEMP AND SULLIVAN. Sydney, May 18. Kemp is anxious to row Sullivan for £200 a-side.

THE TARANA RAILWAY DISASTER.

Sydney, May 18. The independent Board of Inquiry set up to inquire into the cause of the railway disaster at Tarana, in April, report that it was due to a flaw in the rail, and that the permanent way is sound.

THE FEDERATION MOVEMENT.

Melbourne, May 18. In the House of Assembly, last night, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen expressed pleasure that the federation movement was dead, and that the late Sir John Robertson's prophecy had been fulfilled.

INTERCOLONIAL CONFERENCE. Sydney. May 18. At the Intercolonial Conference Mr. T. Playford, Premier of South Australia, the members of the New South Wales Government, and Mr. P. O. Fysh, Premier of Tasmania, were not present, but they forwarded certain suggestions. Mr. Fysh urged that the Federal Council should be resuscitated, but it was resolved not to come to a decision on the matter until the question oi Federation was discussed. Assurances were received from New South Wales Parliament, that they would afford an opportunity next session for dealing with the draft Constitution Bill. It was decided to amend the Chinese Act in New South Wales, so that it might be in accord with the views expressed at the recent Chinese Conference, and to ask the Queensland and West Australian Governments to do the same, and to act on Lord Knutsford suggestion and hold a Conference of Government statisticians and collectors of customs to frame regulations tor more uniform statistics. A wish was expressed that power be granted to coin silver in the colonies. It was resol ed to make a representation on thesubject to the Imperial Government, and also ask whether the eoiornes mll be represented at the Silver Conference in July.