AUSTRALIAN NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15174, 13 December 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

POLITICAL CRISIS.

ANOTHER • MEMBER RESIGNS

By Telegraph,— Association.-"-Copyright

v Sydney, December 12. The Government has learned that Mr. Niels Nielsen, ex-Minister ; . for Lands, who is somewhere in. America, has posted his , . resignation as a. member of 'the Legislative Assembly to the Speaker.. Efforts are being made to discover his whereabouts,with a view to inducing him to . cable a ; cancellation of his letter. " ' '* - This / development renders the political situation still more interesting, owing to' ' . the precarious majority of the Government. . • > - , ; ' -

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' ' PECULIAR- SITUATION. . ! - j., v ... * . SypNßix, Pecember 12. ,;; A* peculiar situation "has arisen in; con» , nection with the contemplated legal pro- ,YJ ceedings in reference- to Lord VDenman's . eviction, Sydney . Government House. - The difficulty lies in the nomination of a respondent??;' The 'Crpwri .is;! the defen- > v:v dant i in,' actions against ! 1 the. Government, - but in this. case the Crown ? appeal's to be the aggrieved party. ... . .Y. J: ? : V- :\-•>':V.*'.!* s .; ■ ■ (V ;• v —— ■: ;• A' -'.- ME. WILLIS TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND ; - ; (Beoeiyed. December 12, '9410vp-m.) • < - •■■■:• Sydney, December ; 12. ■ W ; Mr! Willis (Speaker 1 of the New South , WalesLegislative ; Assembly) proposes ■ioh'ifp visit* year 'Vf on an extended holiday 7' 'i ;- - . ''" ' . , ; ■ i\ 'J■.-;?>-'.■•■■;■'WJ-tf , ' ' WELCOME BAIN. I'A - ' ' (Received December 12, 9.30 p.m.)'j;V3 . . Sydney, . December 12. - A lengthy spell of hot weather has beert .\| broken by a soaking rain in the coastal districts. Light rain has fallen in the in- ; land, districts, The rain will be. of ■ im--menso benefit to the crops. A heavy snoW-i ; ; .'fall has taken place at .Kiandra,» • VALUABLE METEORITE. ' ' ■V' ■ ' -j. , . l "r* i 1 '■■ _• »...•■ X _' ~ ' , . Sydney, December 12. . /V A farmer at Molong has unearthed ; a meteorite weighing. 2661b, composed of magnetic iron, thickly studdedi with what is described "as, gems •off.:, a*--lights sherry i }. colour and''of : :.i considerable " commercial value. ...■•* .The. Government - geologist • has : •; purchased the^nieteorite- for £5,/ and pre- . sented it to -the.. Sydney Museum. He, .:M describes it, as" 'being geologically very, valuable, and he knows - only one .other ' - 'i similar in the world. ' ■ . il i BOXnfO MATCH. ■ ' ', *' Sydney, December 12. - J Tim Land (the lame'; boxer) secured tha -verdict last night, after a 20-rotind match:-.'i: ; :§. with-Audony '(the.Trench boxer);,' ■ ' " ;J ; RAILWAYS ; ELECTRIFICATION. . "/J- -i - MELBOURNE, (-December 12. ' J,\ ■■ '" The ' Legislative Assembly approved '> of the scheme of electrification of jbhe city . railways. -' 6 -- . . 'r'-v i:'. : ys-: •' PLAoifi IN' NOUMEA. : y>t » y»V, v ~v■.tc-p.>.•>!* <. j..*s* .*'.' fen " Sydney, December 12. ' Advices by - mail state - that the, plague - ♦ ■ | in Noumea is being gradually suppressed.. ?, The patients are mostly coloured islanders, v ( INTER-STATE" COMMISSION. v .'. v" Melbourne. December" 12. ', -v,7'- ,v ; -V; 1 . The • Interstate . Commission-Bill has .; been Jnfcot pro- v' : vides that '' three;-: Commiuskmers' shall '" /, investigate' from " time to time anything requiring inqbiry in' the .public interest, ' such as "foreign markets,"' the *' price of commodities, ■.. unemployment of immigrants, .and control of rivers. The Chief Commissioner's salary is fixed at £2500, the other two receiving £1000 and travelling expenses." . The appointment' is for a , term of seven' years. ' • ' NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCE. v Sydney, December 12. '-v!:';?;It is reported that Mr. Cann (Treasurer) ' f was recently offered about twenty million : J " i; of loan ' money. The . Government will ■'' ;'£>& shortly - raise a large loan on reasonable :• 75; terms. Cabinet recently declined offers ';i of five millions and ten. millions, the i-"J$ latter imposing a condition that'' New /*s; South Wales should place certain coo* /:', tracts in England.: -'77 kv ' , l'.m _____ v>7..7 : 7, .' . - ■ • '■ ■■■" <:*?■' ,-:uv,::""'/ " 'if: 'NORTH- MOUNT LYELL DISASTER. Hobart, December 12. ; Another body has been riveted-' from 'the 700 ft level of^the^Nor^Pßifoiint|; Lyell mine. - ' ; 7" ; '''77 : /; 1 - -''V'-.S