INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2914, 19 January 1910, Page 24

INTERCOLONIAL.

■ MELBOURNE, January 11. Mr Davidson (Inspector of Public Works, Victoria) and Sir William Matthews have formulated a scheme for dealing with the passenger and cargo traffic at the port of Melbourne. Colonel Sir E. Raban lias arranged a scheme for a graving dock at Melbourne. January 12. The Federal Cabinet has fixed the elections for April 13. Mr Deakin will deliver his policy speech at Ballarat early in February. January 14. The manager of the Orient S.S. Company had a conference with the Post-master-general, and nn>do final arrange-

merits for the new mail contract, which comes into operation on February 11. The company will accelerate the speed between Adelaide and Western Australia, and hquip all steamers with, wireless telegraph .apparatus, establishing stations a-t-Fremantle and Sydney. A three-year- old child at Donald found and drank a pint of whisky. The child is dead. '.A 'A. January 15During the two and a-half years the Licenses Deduction Board has been m operation 311 Hotels have had their licenses.taken away, involving a paymen of over £140,000 for compensation. SYDNEY, January 11. At Bathurst Lord Kitchener unveiled a memorial to the local soldiers who fell in the Boer war. January 12. A stiff southerly gale is blowing, and rain, is general. Two inches were registered' at Werris Creek in 40 minutes. January 13. The tonnage of vessels that arrived in Sydney last year was 7,504.346 tons —an increase of 2i0,722 tons as compared with the previous year. January 14. The Acting Primate has issued ballot papers for the election of the Pinnate. The candidates are the Archbishops of Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. The result will be known at the end of February. A memorial to the bluejackets of the warship Encounter who lost their lives in the harbour disaster last year through the collision of a launch with the steamer Dunmoro has been unveiled at Rookwood Cemetery . The soaking rain continues. It is the. heaviest and most general for a long time, and the whole State is benefiting. There has been another day of steady, incessant rain, and there are no indications of the weather breaking. The position at Broken Hill, where a water famine was threatened, has been relieved by. the good fall. January 17. A man named Lyons was drowned while surf bathing at N ewe as tie. Two others had narrow escapes, being rescued by the Surf Club. Shortly afterwards sharks tore Lyon’s body to pieces in view of the watching crowds. PERTH, January 12. A destructive storm at Cue demolished several buildings, including the Catholic convent and school. Others were unroofed and severely damaged.