AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 7883, 13 July 1900, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[Br Ei.kctiuo Tj;u:<juai-ii.—Coi'Tiuoht.] (Peii United l'nuss Association.) Received July 12, lit 9.10 a.iu. Sydney, .July 13. Tw t-lio Assembly Mr I#yn© stiiU-d thai (ho question whether (lie Governor•(•ciicial mill his Minisl rr could legally reside mil sidu of Now South Wnlcs had been nfurrecl ft) the Attorney-General. Tlio liouso had an all-night Kilting on I he unemployed question. Tlicy discussed I lie Government methods of employment and condemned thoir underpaying a* savouring of charity. >lr Lytic outlined nil cxUhmvc ()lan of water conservation and other reproductive work to give employment. 11 r Raid that they were no), pinched for mm ey and lukl no occasion to go to tho London market. Melbourne, .Inly 13. The Government have introduced a Hill preventing a member sitting in both the Foderal und Stalo PiuliamentH. In tho expectation of Government House being required for tho Governor-General it is being painted and decorated. Perth, July 12. Tho Federal campaign j;s bring vigorously prosecuted. Tho women are he; lily interested, a.nd arc applying in great, lirni bers for electoral certificates. Brisbane, July 13. Rain has greatly .improved tho prospects in tho grazing districts. Received July 13, nL 10.50 p.m. Sydney, July 12. The Miners' Relief Bill provided that, men permanently injured receive 12s weekly. Melbourne, July 12. Tho Mount Lyell Mining Company i« negotiating to purchase tin; South PlmrriH and Royal Pharsis niineH in Tasmania, chiefly with a view of obtaining command of tho supply of silicious llux required by Mount Lycll. I'hcy offered L'l~>,ooo for the South and LI 8,000 for tho Royal. Received July 13, at o.4f> a.m. Sydney, July 12. In tho Legislative Assembly Mr Lyno read a cable from Mr Chamberlain announcing tho Queen's assent to the Commonwealth Bill, and congratulating, on behalf of the Imperial Government, the Premiers and people on tho consummation of thoir pati intic task, trusting that Western Australia would shortly declare to join the Connnonweatli, thus inviting tho whole continent, and enabling Australia to tako her place amongst the nations under the Crown. Received July 13, at 1.10 a.m. (Sydney, July 12. Mr Crick considers the calling for tenders for tho Pacific cable has made tho situation less urgent, anil ho will probably move resolutions ill tho Assembly on Wednesday. It also makes it easier to continue negotiations with tho Eastern Extension Company. Ho lias long recognised that the object of tho Company was to kill the Pacific cable. As soon as tenders arc accepted tho stumbling block will bo out of tho way. Ho will bo quite prepared to negotiate with the Company for an agreement, anil he had evcrv reason to believe that if he had accepted the previous oiler the Pacific scheme would havo been abandoned. Received July 13, at 9.30 a.m. Sydney, July 13. Tho Herald, commenting on Mi' Chamberlain's reply to Mr Seddon's proposal re the islands, says : "Clearly the Commonwealth will be quite a different factor to reckon with from a. group of separate j colonies. New Zealand, as a colony, is J as important as any of them. Under existing circumstances she is quite within her right in making suggestion. We presume Mr Seddon is not desirous of setting up a counter federation of his own, and no doubt it will only prove a. question of time when New Zeal.uid will enter the Commonwealth. But meantime the Commonwealth have to be reckoned with as a whole in any negotiations affecting British influence in the Pacific. This in cne of the results of federation foretold, and it will be perceived with pleasure that even the so-far unaccomplished consolidation, of Australian influence is already beginning to bear fruit." The Daily Telegraph says: "Mr Chamberlain hits given a set back to Mr Siddon's plan for island federation. His decision ends the possibility oi ther trade of Rome of the islands being abruptly taken from the Australian colonies or "hampered by restrictions, and also debars New Zealand of tv coveted lever for obtaining reciprocal trade relations with Australia."