AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8293, 23 September 1903, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

j [Br Electkic Telegraph.—uopybight.j Pee Pbess A sriciation. Received September 22, at 2.55 p.m. . Sydney, September 22.. Arrived —Kate Tatham, from Napier. When 40 miles from .Sydney Heads, on Sunday, she encountered a gale aj).d was thrown on. her beam ends. Her: position was perilous and her deck cargo was jettisoned, and she righted. Her mainsail was blown away, and other rigging damaged. Received September 23, at 1.5 a.m. i Sydney, September 22. Mr Justin M'Sweeney, railway cont-rac- [ tor and racehorse owner, in giving evidence before the Parliamentary Committee on gambling, admitted that his turf experience cost him £30,000 in four years. He gave a lengthy recital of the corrupt practices sometimes pursued by bookmakers over heavily ba:cked horses. Melbourne, September 22. | Resolutions providing for a conference of both Houses to select- a site for the Federal capital have been introduced in the Senate. In the House Sir E. Barton, replying to a question, said the statement published in the press about the High Court Bench did not represent the actual position. A definite announcement on the subject would be first made to Parliament. An unofficial statement is that Sir E. Barton has received a telegram notifying Sir Samuel Griffiths' acceptance of the Chief Justiceship.