AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11854, 4 January 1902, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

"■-<» By Telegraph.—Press Association.— IN QUEST OF A GOVERNOR. •'" ■''■: Sydney, January 3. The Agent-General advises that he is nego-. tiating.with - Mr. Chamberlain regarding the appointment of a new State Governor. Considerable difficulty has been »experienced in obtaining a suitable appointment,' owing to the reduction of salary. THE QUEENSLAND REVENUE. ' Brisbane, January 3. < The revenue for the half-year : was* £2,300,000, an increase of £76,000 compared with the, previous corresponding halfyear's excess ;of revenue over expenditure.: MR. W. O'BRIEN ON HOME RULE. Adelaide, January 3. ; Mr. William O'Brien, M.P.,. received an enthusiastic welcome . on his arrival here.,Speaking of the aims of the Irish-party in the House of Commons, he said he was not going to say that the Irish people would be satisfied with the Home Rule of Mi". Gladstone. They ( might want more, and would - not be - satisfied till they saw, the Government purchasing ' rich land in the centre of Ireland for the settlement of a sturdy peasant yeomanry. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RACING DISPUTE. •: Adelaide, January 3. The South Australian racing dispute has been settled. ''■.' ■~■:: - : .-. ; .'': ■.■■:'. ' ■':->■..lp ..'-'V'"':■;.''.' ■':.-;.'. '■; jy'; : .''".v ; -.":'''ii '■'.:.,.,:^V''i ; i :v itj : V:< •DEATH OF PROFESSOR MORRIS. (Beceived January 4, lj» a.m.) : Melbourne, January 3. Professor Edward Ellis Morris, of Melbourne University, who recently went to England for the benefit of his health, Las' died .of ' pneumonia in London. ! [Dr. Morris was born in v Madras in 1843.. He was . educated at Rugby and Oxford,] i taking the M.A. degree. He was annotated, headmaster of the Church of England Gram-, mar School, Melbourne, in 1875, and in 1883 became Professor of English at Melbourne University, and later on president of the Professorial Board. He was author of a number of historical and other works,.' including "Austral English a Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and' Usages."] ———3 II I , ■.■... ■-■ ■ - ■.'... . ■..'■..- i" •::■■•■:-.. L Special lines in tin > trunks, cabin . trunks, j .. hamper baskets, etc.,; now selling to-clear' > quickly, at -low. prices for oash.—Tonson : jGarlickCoy. , , # ...... An auction sale of Shropshire stud and, flock rams and ewes will be held at Ashbur- *'■•-"•'. ton, Canterbury,' on February 28 next, by Mr. David Thomas. The sheen are from the flock of Mr, T. E. Upton, which is one ox" tha oldest in the oolong - ' ;. v; r U .,' (~ .1" .).'. ' *,