AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10586, 15 October 1910, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

BIG FERE

THE DUTCH FLEET

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(Per Press Association.)

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. - Received October 14, at 7.20 P-m.- * -''''• ' Melbourne., October lC --* T J?he Senate is discussing'the" second, reading of the • Land Tax, Bill. .Mr M'Gr'egor, Government representative, hoped tthe- tax "would return two and a'half millions of revenue;* - , -In the House of Representatives notice of, motion was given of a Bill to provide the Government with Federal territory.

VICTORIAN STATISTICS. Melbourne, October 14. "".The-State'Treasuior stated ."that the "population of the 'State last year had incieas'ed by '24.244, 'bank deposits by £3,186,000. The wheat harvest ,'was-'valued at an increase j. of "£1,000,000; - wool clip, £4,054',755, an increase .of half a million: frozen meat, ami perishable product's exported, £2,472,752, an increase or neaily a million.

DEFECTIVE AMMUNITION

Received October 15, at Q. 5 a.m. Sydney, October 14. . -''The Powerful has returned from Two.fo'ld 'Bay instead of going to Melbourne, owing to defective ammunition. She took in a "fresh stock and sailed again.

'Melbourne, October 14. ; fire \i Coff's harbor destroyed eight shops. Had there been any wind the whole block would have gone.

COLD DESTROYS CROPS. Sydney, October' 14. -The early crops and trait in many of the western 'districts are completely destroyed 'by frosts and the unseasonably cold weather.

TO THE ANTARCTIC. Melbourne. October 15. -Captain. Scott dined at Government House; and the .Federal Ministers entertained him .it luncheon. -.Captain Scott slated that the presence of radio-active rocks in the Antarctic • had already been detected in considerable quantities, and possibly it was something that might boar larger stoies of radium. As a result of the ■p.attv's investigations it 'was contemplated 'to' establish meterological stations aloii"; the ice barriers. ""."The. captain of Ihe Terra IS'ova expects to *■ resume the voyage to New Zealand to-morrow morning.

Received October 15, at 10.5 a.m. Hobart, October 15. The officers of the Dutch squadion were welcomed bv the Mayor at the Town Hall. A round of entertainments has been prepared.

ATTACKING STRIKE-BREAKERS. " ' Adelaide, October 15. Three strikers have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment for assaulting free laborers.'Work is proceeding under a strong police guard.

GOLD FINDS IN WESTRALIA. Perth, October 15. A parcel"of 20f) tons .from the Bullfincli mine yielded Toss 13dwt of gold to the ton. The Government geologist reports that the bulk of the samples from Bullfinch leases gave returns ranging from 2 to 33 ounces a ton. Another find described as above the average is reported in Golden Valley, seven miles north-west of Bullfinch.