AUSTRALIAN NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1612, 21 January 1903, Page 21

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

SYDNEY. January 15. At the Homebush sales tc-clay there were large supplies, and values were lower. Best crossbred wethers brought 15s (id, extra 17s, good 13s 6d to 14s 6d medium 10s; best ewes 14s, extra 18s 3d, good 12s 6d to 13s 6d, medium 9s 6d. Bullocks fetched £l2 15s, extra £l3 12s 6d, good £l2. medium £7 10s; best cows £9, good £7 ss; best beef sold at 30s to 33s per 1001 b. A large number of sheep were removed from the plains to the tableland near Mount Kosciusko. This resulted in nine thousand perishing through snow in one night. In the League Cup, Chalmers, of New Zealand, won'his heat, defeating '-on. Walker, the Victorian crack, by inches. Major Taylor, the American champion, also qualified. At a meeting of the .State Cabinet it was decided to curtail the public works policy. The Government, without interfering with the minimum pay, intends to see that it gets full value for the wages paid. It is said that the principle has been subject to some abuse hitherto. A question to be brought before the next federal Cabinet meeting will have reference to the method of paying the rebate on sugar allowed to growers with white labour. Practically, New South Wales and Queensland pay the whole of the excise, and as the rebate is paid out of it, these two States are paying the cost of a “ white ” Australia as far as sugar is concerned. The Queensland Premier argues that the whole of the sugar consumers of the Commonwealth should pay. SYDNEY, January 16. Vice-Admiral Fanshawe was officially welcomed to-day. He assumes command on the Australian station on Monday. MELBOURNE, Janwary 16. M. the Russian Imperial Commissioner, clLrubts the accuracy of yesterday’s cable message that express trains have commenced running on the Siberian railway. W'hen he left Siberia in September several bridges and other works or> the line required to be completed. The line, he says., will not be quite ready until May. M. Krukoff states that a conference of railway managers is to meet at Paris to decide upon a train service from Paris to the Far East. BRISBANE, January 15. The Queensland Treasurer is awaiting advices from the Agent-General preparatory to placing a million loan on the London market. CHARTERS TOWERS, January 16. A cage containing six men was being lowered into the Brilliant mine, when the engine ran away and the cage crashed to the bottom. One man had one of his thighs and both ankles broken, two others .had both ankles broken, while others sustained broken thighs or ankles.