GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3436, 18 May 1898, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

By Telegraph.—Prese Association. — Copyright. Sydney, May 17. The German-Australian Steamship Company of Hamburg intends to start a second line of steamers to Australia, with Adelaide as the terminal port, and calling at Melbourne and Sydney. The first steamer will sail on 9th July. . The annual meeting of the Local Option League adopted as a new baltle-ory for the elections —" Local and State option without compensation.” Melbourne, May 17.

Severe drought is affecting a great part of the colony. Water and feed are scarce, and winter prospects poor. The seeding is being delayed, and the lambing is proving very disappointing. Adelaide, May 17. Good general rains have fallen, and a good season is practically assured. London, May 17.

An influential meeting at Cambridge resolved to erect a church at Siota, in the Solomon Islands, to the memory of the late Bight Rev John Selwyn, Bishop of Melanesia, and also a memorial in Selwyn College. The Royal Society is organising a third expedition to explore the coral reefs of the Pacific.

The Rev D. F. Saudford, formerly Bishop of Tasmania, has been appointed assistant to the Bishop of Durham.

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