INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13780, 19 December 1906, Page 5

INTERCOLONIAL.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

KfiW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

SIDNEY, December 18. (Roceivcd Dee. 19, at 1.7 a.m.) Parliament lias prorogued.

The (laming Bill was passed with an amendment rejecting the proposal to put coursing on tho same footing under the bill as horee-racins.

Influe».n Colds.—lnfluent aches, pains, *nd shivers immediately relieved and quickly cured by Baxter's Lung Preserver.

TIIK COLONIAL CONFERENCE. Tho Herald deprecates tho States' claim to representation at tho Colonial Conference. It says tho States arc seeking lo make the Conference a battleground for purely local quarrels. A DISABLED STEAMER. (Received Dec. 19, at 0.24 a.m.) It was reported this afternoon that the s.tcamer Age, bound from Adelaide to Melbourne, was disabled off Jervois Bay, and was being towed to Sydney. SMALLPOX PRECAUTIONS. 11.M.5. Pallian's crew has been quarantined at Sydney. Tlic ease is of a mild character. JAPANESE TRAINING SHIP. Tho Japanese training ship Taiseimu, with 65 cadets aboard, has arrived. THE IMMIGRANT'S TALE. Tn conncction with the allegations of Taylor, an immigrant, who has left for New Zealand, being dissatisfied with the land system here, the director of the Intelligence Department, states that several offers were made to Taylor, which he did not consider good enough, but which have since been accepted by other immigrants. QUEENSLAND'S PREMIER. (Received Dec. 18, at 8.57 a.m.) Mr Kidotone, the Queensland Premier, passed through to -Melbourne en route for New Zealand, where he spcMs a- short holiday. In answer to inquiries on various public questions, lie said ho attributed the set-back of the Labour party at the Federal elections in the Northern State to want of accord between the extreme and moderate sections. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. MELBOURNE, December 18. The final returns for Jiclmca, give Mr Clayton (Anti-Socialist) majority of three votes over Mr Kennedy (Ministerialist). This reduces Mr Deakin's following to 15. TIIK GAMING BILL. A peculiar position has arisen in conncction with the Gaming Bill. The Legislative Council struck out the chmso prohibiting newspapers publishing odds prior to a race, but in a subsequent clauso in its effort to suppress professional tipsters, it inserted a proviso which it is now held prohibits newspapers publishing odds. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK. ADELAIDE, December 18. (Received Dec. 18, at 9.42 a.m.) Au earthquake shock was felt at Beltanii, followed by a heavier one an hour Inter. There was a heavy rumble, which lasted a minute. It shook tile beds and awoke the people.

THE AUSTRALIAN WRECK. PORT DARWIN, December 18. (Received Dee. 18, at 9.35 a.m.) Captain Strachan, o£ the schooner Envy, about the safety of which fears were entertained, has returned in safety, bringing tlm cutgo and fittings of the'wrecked Australian,