AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10595, 26 October 1910, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.]

(PebPbess Association.)

TO THE ANTARCTIC. Received October 25, at 9.'if) p.m. ■ vMelbourne, October 26. In reply to a question Mi' Batcheior stated that he had received from Gaptain Scott and Professor David a denial of the statement that the [reports concerniiigrtlie expedition would be given exclusively to a : section of the Press. They will go to Captain, Scott's representative m New Zealand, and . iioni -tbern would be transmitted' simultaneously to papers througlioiit:Australia.. SUEZ CANAL RATES.'

Melbourne, October 26. The Federal Government has received advices from the British authorities confirming the reduction of the Suez Canal dues 5d a toil, to operate from January .Ist next. WEALTH OF VICTORIA. Melbourne, October 26. A return tabled in the Assembly shows that the total net, wealth ot Victoria is £429,250,000, and the total rat-able-value ot property is £20'2,000,000. MAKING TELEGRAPHS PAY. Melbourne, October 26. Mr Hughes, addressing the Telegtaph Operators Conference, intimated that the Government intended |,o make.-the. Telegraph Department a paying concern and at the same time give the public a thoroughly efficient service. ■ THE DUTCH FLEET. Adelaide; October, 26. The Dutch-, fleet has arrived and a round of 1 festivities has been arranged.

PASSIONS OF THE ABORIGINES. "Brisbane, October-.26. A black gin has been murdered m a blacks' camp at Thargoinindali. Jealousy is the ascribed cause.

STORMS IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, October 25. Storms have badly interrupted the telegraph lines.

HEVT, IN S,YBNEY. - Sydney, October 25. A heat wave is prevailing. It is the hottest October for seven; years. In the" city tlio temperature was 94. .

CHINAMAN RUNS AMOK. 1 Sydney, October 20. A Chinaman, armed with two revolvers and a; sheath knife, ran; amok at Surrey Hills. He fired lour shots, wounding a countryman, before lie was arrested. LAND SETTLEMENT. Received October.26, at 0.45 a.m. Sydney, October 25. The Minister of. Lands has instructed the -departmental officers that, land is to be oftered as original holdings only under the • homestead selection or settlement lease provisions.

THE WANGANTJI BAND.

Melbourne, October 25. The Wanganui Band has arrived from Ballarat. It leaves Sydney on November 2nd.- A concert will be given at Albury on Friday.

SENTENCE COMMUTED,

. Sydney ; October 25. The Cabinet considered the case of Phillips, sentenced to death for/ the murder of his child on April 19lh, and decided, although the crime; was a revolting one, to commute the sentence to imprisonment for hie, and take steps to ; see that lie was never released. The Cabinet held that the crime was not premeditated, and the death sentence would be unlikely to deter other criminals, who were likely to commit similar ofEences in a moment of excitement. THE LIQUOR FIGHT.

Sydney, October 25. Mr Boyco thinks the national inhibition I'ote should follow on local nolicense, and be the. top stone of the whole temperance fabric.

Received October 26, at 9.10, a.m. Sydney, October 20. The Daily Telegraphy 'discussing the New South Wales readiness to accept a Liquor-Bill similar to New says New Zealand: offers the people a cold choice betveen the polar extremes. That _ the ,niuldle oouisfl of reduction is-eliminated is not sui j)rising m view of the tendency in. Men South, Wales and New Zealand to push it aside and wage war between continuance and no-license; bub whether the cause of temperance benefits by -the refusal to hear the voice of moderation, is questionable. ' - i

RELEASED LABOR LEADER. Received October 26, at 9.10 a.m.

Sydney, October -26. Mr Bowling does not intend to enter politics,- but will devote himself to industrial matters. \ . - Mr Bowling complains of Jinrsh treatment in gaol. After bisisecoiul sentence he was classed in the same cfi'tcgory as murderers, burglars, t and the Worst type of prisoners. Tho quality of food was not good. j DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. Sydn6y, October 26. A diphtheria lias F ;been raging for months, but. li, ls^.steadily abating.' The deaths"were only "about 2 per centum, whereas m formei x j?ars thej ranged from 25-to 60 per centum. NO YELLOW PERIL I .'

Brisbane, -October.,, 26. „ The newly-appoi&tqd ConsujUGeneral for China, in an" interview, said that Australia need have no fear of a sudden invasion from China, wlhcli was ■studying the arts of. peace. China was . awakening 'to tlie*, fact that-peace -was for the betterment of the people.