AUSTRALIAN NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1533, 18 July 1901, Page 22

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SYDNEY, July 12. A deputation representative of the whole coastal and oversea- shipping companies waited upon the Premier with reference to the Interstate Commission Bill. Sir William Lyne was also present. The deputation complained that the Bill went beyond the four corners of the constitution. The Act was a most arbitrary one, and would strangle *ho shipping trade. The representative of the Peninsular and Oriental" Company voiced the views of the oversea shippers. Many of the clauses worked in such, a in inner that they seemed to say, “The sooner you sever your connection with the Australian trade the better.” They would bring to ruin the people they were intended to benefit. The Premier said he felt certain the Bill had np intention of doing anything inimical to the interests of shipping. Sir W. Lyne, who was present, thought the shippers were taking unnecessary fright. Underlying the whole thing was the question of one State v r y~ ing to divert tra.de from another State. They could rest assured the shipping interests would not be interfered with in the way they supposed. Th e shipping companies of other States are similarly up in arms. At the Amateur Champion Golf Meet* ing C. B. S. Gillies, a New Zealander, is showing splendid form. Ho established a new record of 82 for 18 holes in. the first two rounds played. Gillies occupies the leading position with 175, being 4 ahead of McNeil, his nearest opponent. In the concluding rounds of the Amateur Golf Championsrip to-day Gillies faded to maintain his previous form, H. A. Howden (Victoria) proving the winner, with a total of 352. McNeil (New South Wales) was second, with 359, Gillies tying with Riddell (Victoria) and Simpson (New South Wales) for third place, with 363. SYDNEY, July 14. During the year 557,600 hales of ,wool were shipped from the State, an increase of 78,000 bales over the preceding year. The harquentime Volador, bonnd from Port Stephens,to Westport, returned to Sydney. The vessel encountered fierce weather, *nd was thrown p>n her beam ends. The cargo shifted, and damaged on© of the pumps. The s e as continually broke over her, and the crew had a terrible time. When the weather moderated she made for Sydney. The Federal flourmills at Newtown were destroyed by fire to day. The mills were the finest in the State. The dam»ee don e is estimated at £20.000. CHARTERS TOWERS, July 11. A sensational tragedy has occurred in this town. Mr Graham Haygarth, chairman of the Gold Extracting Company, has been shot dead at a meeting of the company by the manager, D. H.

After th© minutes had been read Brown drew a revolver, and shot Haygarth, and then shot himself. Brown is still alive. MELBOURNE, July 10. The Federal House has passed the Supply Bill Members expressed alarm at the rapidly increasing expenditure, and at so many appointments of hio-h----salaried officials. Already within £2OOO a year cf the estimate of the Adelaide Convention was being expended, and the Commonwealth' was not even in workingorder. MELBOURNE, July 11. Th© Federal Senate has rejected an amendment in the Postal Bill providing that all ocean mail contracts shall stipulate for the employment of white labour on the steamers. PERTH, July 12. The barque Solglyt, loaded with timber for Durban, ran aground during a gale at Bunbury, a hundred miles south of Fremantle, and is likely to become a total wreck. BRISBANE, July 13. Mr Airey, a labour candidate, lias been returned unopposed for the vacancy in the State Assembly for the Flinders electorate. Four new appointments—Messrs Carter, Moreton, Power and Brown—have been made to th e Legislative Council. At a meeting of the Chamber cf Commerce, Mr Ramsay, representing the Oceanic Steamship Company, read a paper on the advantage of a direct mail service between Brisbane and San Francisco. Mails could be delivered in London in twenty-eight days and Queenland would be enabled to commahd a large share of the American trade. It was not the intention to offer a service to the Government, but for the people to consider whether it was worth while to follow the project up. In the event of Queensland deciding to have a service, Brisbane would be the first and last port of call in Australia, and New Zealand would b© dropped out altogether. PARIS, July 12. In an article dealing with the Federal Defence Bill, the Paris journal, “Le Temps,” describes what it terms the conscription proposal in Australia as a revolution. It adds: “‘The Times’ commends to the Motherland th© initiative of the democratic colonies, which have the honour of commencing the militarisation of the Anglo-Saxon world.”