INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12603, 5 March 1903, Page 4

INTERCOLONIAL.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright THE NEW BISHOPOF MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, March 4. (Received March 4, nt 10.35 a.m.) Dr Clarke was enthroned' Bishop of Melbourne with impressive ceremony itx the Cathedral. CABLE RATES. The Chamber of Commerce has resolved that it is inadvisable that the Federal Government should commit the Commonwealth to any agreement with the Eastern Extension or any other cable company for so long a period as ten years without power to purchase by the Governments concerned. . VICTORIAN POLITICS. (Received March 5, at 0.53 a.m.) The Legislative Council adjourned out of respect for the death of Mr Nathan Thornley, Councillor for Western Victoria. The Assembly's message with respect to the Reform Bill will be considered to-morrow. ■ GOLD FOR SOUTH AFRICA. Two hundred thousand sovereigns were to-day shipped to South Africa. A SINGULAR. SUICIDE. BRISBANE.. March 4. (Received March 5, at 0.53 a.m.) A well-known miner named Green left a note in his hut stating that he intended going into the bush to collect a pile of brushwood and set fire to it, mount it, and blow out his brains. The police discovered the scene of the fire and human remains in the ashes.