AUSTRALIAN CABLES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9270, 24 May 1906, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES

[By Elkctiuc TiiLiiOitArn.—Copyuigiit.] (Puit Pukss Association.) lUvivod May 24, at 9.54 a.m. Sydney, May 24. iSplendUl rain is general, Lioing especially heavy in tho west. Four inches fell in tlie Darling country. The- heavy seas continue. ami shipping is largely sheltering. A prominent citizen donated £SOOO to the- Young Men's Christiun Association extension fund. Tlif Ktnpire Day celebrations wore initiated .in tin? .State school and a concert given in the Townhall last evening. Twelve hundred children participated in the- programme. Tim Telegraph publishes a. telegram sent by Noble to th-e Melbourne Cricket Club on Friday afternoon wherein he stated that tho players would adhere to their agreement with the Club. Melbourne, May 24. Mr lh-akin states that lie will not deal with the business matters to he discussed with MrSeddon till the latter returns from Adelaide. Mr Seddon, speaking at last night's banquet, said the question demanding attention was the future control of the Xew Hebrides and oihor -islands of the Pacific. "We should not hesitate to let our opinion* be knowm to the Imperial statesman who, [ believe, would i«ce that these islands must he UritUh. The Panama Canal will completely change* the commerce of tlie Pacific. \\V want Australians ami New /Ceaianders to combine in saying there shall be only one Mag dominating the Pacific and that Hag the I'nion Jack."