AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6478, 22 September 1892, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Association — Electric Telegraph — Copyright. (Received Sept. 22, 10.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 22. The latest news from Samoa states that fighting is imminent there. Homo time ago the King was informed that if the warrants of the Supreme Court were resisted and the officials unable to execute the warrants, the warship at the time in port would be permitted to assist in enforcing the law. This was, however, hedged in by conditions making it valueless. The Marshall's Court recently attempted to execute warrants in Malic, but the officers were surrounded by firmed men, who refused to allow any arrests to be made. The authorities asked that H.M.S. Curacoa should assist in enforcing the law, but the Consuls decided they could not allow the vessel to interfere. The Samoans are nosy concerting a measure to deal with Mataafa without tho assistance of the Powers. (Received Sept. 22, noon.) Kemp and Sullivan row to-day. Yesterday's fiasco arose from a misapprehension as to the time at which the heat would be rowed. The evidence in the conspiracy case largely refers to the threatened outrages and destruction of free laborers property. MELBOURNE, Skpt. 22. During the hearing of the abduction case, in which two Syrian families are involved, the evidence adduced was that tho girl was abducted while her father was negotiating her sale to another man for £50. The Select Committee appointed to enquire into the fishing industry have submitted their report, in which they recommend the imposition ot one penny per pound duty on fresh and smoked fish imported into Victoria. The Legislative Assembly has adopted a motion in favor of an address being presented to Her Majesty, praying that steps should be taken to invite the Governments of all nations forming the universal postal union to establish a universal decimal money and weight and measure union, or, as an alternative, the establishment of an Imperial union for the same objects among tho States, Colonies and Independencies of Great Britain. BRISBANE, Sept. 22. Sir Samuel Griffiths considers that the proposed alteration in the constitution of the Federal Council will be disastrous to the cause of federation, as showing tha colonies do not know their own minds. He adds, if after New South Wales has considered the Commonwealth Bill, and it appears we must rely on the Federal Council, then he would be prepared to amend the constitution. ADELAIDE, Sept. 22. The Government propose to float the unalloted portion of the last loan, amounting to L 608.000, also to obtain the necessary authority to raise a loan of L 900,000 for public works. The latter, however, will not be required before the end of next year. Tho cherry crop ab Kent has been enormous, but prices obtained in London ! barely sufficed for the cost of gathering and carriage. Twenty tons of strawberries were despatched in one day, principally to London, from the Sandwich district. Tho decoration of the Lion of Persia is worn by a large number of Frenchmen. The story goes that if it were not for the income derived from the sale of brevets of that order, the Persian Ambassador in Paris would not be able to maintain his establishment in the French capital. The title " doctor " has of late years been gamed — by hard work, not by favor —by six members of Continental royal families. Carl Theodore, Duke of Bavaria and Prince Ferdinand, also of Bavaria, are both physicians of Munich ' niversity. Prince George and Prince Carl, of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, are proud of having graduated as doctors of philosophy, and Princo Maximiliar^ of Baden, and Prince Maximilian of Saxony passed high on the list for the degree of doctor of jurisprudence.