AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4205, 5 September 1888, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Br Elxcthic Telegraph— Copyright.] (PES TJSHZD PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Uttemd September 4. ai 8.50 p.m. Sydney, September 4. The Anatralaaia Society for the Advancement of Science has appointed a committee of lta members to consider the proposed expedition to explore the Antarctic regions and sdsmological phenomena in Anatralaaia. In the Appeal Court, Holt, ex-manager of the Bank of New Zealand here, has appealed againat the decision of the Lower Hooae handing over his interest in the Boae Hill estate to the bank. Tbe appeal waa dismissed. Brisbane, September 4. Io July last a difficulty arose between his Excellency the Governor and his' adviaera in consequence of the former de-! dining to release a prisoner upon the | advice tendered by the Ministers. The Premier thereupon asked his Excellency to the Ministers. Since then negotiations have been going on, but his Excellency has steadfastly declined to need* from the position he had previously taken up. To-day, therefore, Sir Thoma3 MHwraith placed his resignation in the | hands of his Excellency.

Hobabt, September 4. Arrived, lut night at 9 o'clock—Kaikoura, from Plymouth. Received September 5. at 1.25 a.m. Bbibbanb, September 4. In consequence of the resignation of Sir Thomas M'Hwraith, his Excellency the Governor has sent for Sir Samnel Griffiths, leader of the Opposition. Sir Thomas M'Hwraith has cabled details of the dia-. pate to the Oolonial Office. Sydney, September 4 Sailed—Waihora. HOBJXZ, September 4. Sailed—Kaikoura, for New Zealand, at 3.20 p.m. Received September 5, at 12.30 p.m. Sydney, September 5. Admiral Fairfax has left for Fiji in H.M.S. Calliope.