AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12328, 21 July 1903, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I :i-.vi.• .*,«;/', "'•■ :!-..;;■ i..,v-:'..•;■'::;••. : - . "■. ■■;•'.■."".".. '< By .Telegraph,—Press Association.—Copyright, ? A * "v.; THE MONOWAI. ' ~:/:•; (Received July 21, 1.12 a.m.) - . . , Sydney, July -20/: : ;;/, TflK departure of the Monowai from Mel- ; ••• bourne has been postponed. till one : o'clock "/, on Thursday afternoon, in "order : that ctirr ."'•.' rcspondcn'c'o may be forwarded by the ex-.pi-ess -leaving for Sydney, on Wednesday . j evening. . . ■■■ „ - :i _ i , ~ •,- <: . THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE. ■; Ui (Received "Jnlv 20 11.40 p.m.) MtsLBdiTRNB, July 20. , ' -, Mr. Drake is drafting tender's for the - carriage of Australian and English mails i;| ( I under white labour conditions, It is understood that tenders will be invited in Bri^|sf tain and Australia, by any route; or for I any section of the route, with the proviso ' that white labour only be employed on thft^H I vessels. : '/ ' ..:■.''..■ ~!','/' :-.•■'.• ■'•.■;...•. FLOODS IN VICTORIA. ' < • - I . Melbourne, July 20, ! The Wuhihera Rivei is :in high flood.. ! Portions of Hotbam sire inundated, atsd 50 :J, I families have been removed to : high ground;, M NEW TELEUitAPH LINE. ' ' MkLbottrne, July 20. Twenty thousand pounds' will be placed .".: on the next Estimates for the construction of a telegraph line, between Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide* under ~ the Cap© cable agreement with the Eastern Extension Company to relieve the pressure existins on the present lines. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE. ;• ■ Adelaide,. July i'o. Mr. Darling, Leader-of the Oppositions has returned from a visit to London.' . He? says he particularly inquired of financiers as to the effects on their mind of Mr. VVilson's recent attacks on, Austraiiaa. finance. They told him they did not attach any great importance to hi: statements, and did not think they would dxi;-a'ay -ma- , terial injury to Australian "credit. Th« / leading financiers were exceedingly well posted in Australian affairs. -