AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10479, 26 June 1897, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Phis Agjooiitlon.— Te!ejt«ph.— THE FRUITGROWERS' CONFERENCE. Brisbane, June 35. t At the Fruitgrowers' Conference the judges suggested that a special award should b« made to Mr. Kirk, of New Zealand, for his display of coloured plates showing injurious insects and mischievous birds. FEDERATION BILL. Sydney, June 25. After a debate lasting nearly six weeks the Assembly has passed the first clause of the Federation Bill. BUTLER'S EXECUTION. Sydney, Jane 25. The executive bare confirmed Butler*! sentence. He will be executed on Jnlj lGth. WRECK AT THE ISLANDS. Sydney, June 25. The survivors of the crew of the Sydney owned schooner Magic arrived by the steamer Oralau, The Magic was drives ashore and completely wrecked in a hurricane at) fiiuafooa Island, Tonga, on May, 13th. Captain George Lawson and cook Wilson were drowned. Three survivors were washed on to the rocks much bruised and exhausted. They had to climb fifty feet of a perpendicular cliff to escape the sea. WEST AUSTRALIAN FINANCE. Perth, June 25. The Colonial Treasurer anticipates thai the year's transactions will show a profit of £228,000, and a total surplus of £539,000. THE SYDNEY MAYORALTY. Sydney, June 25. The Mayor denies having been ip proached in any way in regard to Sydnej being created a Lord Mayoralty, He fe^li'' insulted that he should be . charged with throwing cold wfiler on the idea.