AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13170, 7 May 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[ By Telftsrapli.—Pre** ASaociation.-i-GopyTi&ht ' - CATTLE DISEASE. ' ! (Received May 7, 2.28 a.m.) Brisbane, May 6. ' Tub dairymen of the Bundaberg district I are gravely concerned over the spread of " mivwiter 'amongst the* stock, Serious; losses are reported. * \ ) QUEENSLAND'S PRODUCE TRADE. ' ' (Rereived May 6, 10.31 ».ra.) Stdnet, May 6. The Under-Secretary of the Queensland j Department of Agriculture, who wa» one 5 of the delegates at the Commerce ConferI enee, in a letter to Mr. Walsh, Controller of- Customs, points out the laws in operai- ■ lion in Queensland which compel purity and quality of meat and dairy produce in* tended for export. He adds: "I am directed by my Minister to inform you that Queensland will not brook any interfer- * ence with laws which have taken years to build tip, and! which have enabled Queensland! merchants to secure ! a good footing in the European markets." ' A CONVICTION QUASHED; v ■• (Received Moy 6, 10.31 ».m.) Sidney, May 6. The Full Court lias quashed the cbnvi&> ' tion of Mrs. Johnston on the charge of th(! manslaughter of Harry Diamond, a profendnent athlete, by administering to him as overdose of morphia, on the ground that ,-, there was no evidence to show that any; .. action of the accused's had caused death. II ______ -. 1- INTER-STATE EIGHT-OAR RACE. jt (Received May 6, 10.3* a.m.) te Perth, May 6. l( The inter-State eight-oar race rejg suited as follows: Tasmania, 1; Vic* ._ toria, 2; New South Wales, 3., Won by; two lengths. Time, 16m. Is. Wav t>x>ntrmF, r*mrvis

THE UKVIUSNi CABLES. (Received Jlmy, 6, 10.34 *.m.) Sr»i«sr z May 6, .', The Eastern .Extension Telegraph Company's repairing steamer Recorder m , due;.;; at Thursday Island to-day, and will reach! ' Sydney about the 14 th inst. She is likely to be on the scene of the cable break about) the 18th. HOSPITAL SATURDAY IN SYDNEY-, (Kecftiteil May 6, 4.45 p.m.) • StonkTj May 6. Hospital Saturday's street coufictwoa amounted to £4558. THE NAVIGATION LAWS. MBtsoniiNS, May 5. Mr. Deakin states that owing to New % Zealand not ! apparently desiring to par* i ticipate in the. proposed conference in England on the navigation laws may necessitate the reconsideration of the position of Australia by the Imperial ;:< authorities. The date fixed for the Imperial conference was , April 15. In communicating with the Iraferial Government some time ago Mr. Deakin said lie assumed that there would tie . no restriction of the questions to be 'brought forward. He received no reply,' though a question in the House of Commons adduced " the answer that the conference would be unfettered. In answer to a further query a* to whether it would be so on fiscal matters a definition was asked for, and nothing more had transpired. ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN. CRICKET; ' ; ■ Sydkkt, May 5. The secretary of the Board of Control states that anticipating that tbo Melbourne Club might, in ignorance of the true state of affairs, come to some arrangement for bringing out an English team, -and as a nutter of fairness to the New South Wailee Cricket Association, he officially informed the club that in the event of the team coming it would not be permitted; to play, in Sydney or Melbourne. . . « Mr. Adamson, president of the Victorian Cricket Association, has resigned his position, and also his seat as one of the Victorian representatives on the Board of Control. The Melbourne Club heldl a conference* i with nine, other clubs, and a progressive scheme of district cricket was drafted, but* the scheme at present remains a secret. ' THE WEST AUSTRALIAN' MINISTRY. Perth, May 5. A meeting of Government Bupparteri baa decided to give Mr. Moore a free hand to form a Cabinet, Mr. Wilson haying agreed to this course. It is understood that Mr* Moore .will undertake the; task to-day. MINERS AND THE ARBITRATION) ACT. Stdnkt,} May 5. :> The vote of the Colliery Employees' fe* deration, ?at Newcastle, has :, rejected by • two votes : the proposal v te\ : withdraw *?&• • tratiou at the Arbitration Courts 1 g i — '■■— I ■■'■ '■'•;-.,:■. -, ■'■■■■ :'■■..;.;>■.*■,. ' ' \