AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11433, 25 July 1900, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Preiis Association.-Copyright. LORD HOWE ISLAND. Sydney, July 24. Mb. Frank Farnjill, an ex-member of the Legislative Assembly, has been appointed Honorary Magistrate of Lord Howe Island, and will visit it in a few weeks. THE COLONIES AND THE EMPIRE. Melbourne, July 24. In reference to Lord Brassey's proposal about Australian reserves, Mr. McLean considers that the loyalty of the colonies is such that they would readily raise help whenever the Empire required it without expense, and keep a standing army of the best citizen soldiery, trained to ride and shoot. SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCE. Sydney, July 24. ' The Full Court has decided that ex-Civil servants, whose offices have been abolished by the Government, after serving a certain term, are entitled to superannuation allowance. The case was a test one. The decision involves a large amount. THE CAPE CABLE. Adelaide, July 24. Mr. Warren states that everything has been arranged for the laying of the cable from Cape Colony to Glenelg. The landing station has been chosen at Cottlesoo Beach, near Frcmantle. Tenders will shortly be called for preparing the South Australian landing station. It is expected tho laying of tho cablo will bo completed by the end of next year. THE PACIFIC CABLE. Sydney, July 24. Tho Daily Telegraph, commenting on the Pacific Cable Board's estimated annual loss of £15,000, says this only covers tho cost of cables to Canada, beyond which other charges will amount to about one shilling a word probably. The estimate of receipts b made without adequately allowing for the traffic that will go to tho new Capo cable. It deprecates the laying of a singlo line, which is always liable to break, but a double line would moan a proportionate addition to the colonies' expenses. MUSICAL EXAMINATIONS. Brisbane, July 24. Mr. Stewart MacPherson, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, has arrived, for tho purpose of conducting musical examinations. He visits Now Zealand after finishing Queensland and New South Wales. TWO BROTHERS KILLED. Brisbane, July 24. Two brothers named Smiley, who descended into a mine, after firing a charge of dynamite, were killed by the fumes.