AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6483, 28 September 1892, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Association— Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (ReceiYea Sept. 28, 1 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 27. Obituary : Robert Hunt, C.M.G.. Deputy-Master of the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint. „.._, The old central police site, George bt., was sold by auction to-day, and purchased by the City Corporation for L 124,000. The manager of the Union S.S. Co. has had a favorable interview with the Post-maater-General respecting the San Francisco mail service. Mr Kidd suggests that New Zealand should conduct the negotiations without the other Governments in the matter, in a similar method to that adopted by the South Australian Government regarding the cable negotiations. Sept 28.— The men are returning to work at the Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, in small batches. The Sydney Morning Herald, in an article on the Legislative Council dispute, thinks that the Marquis of Ripon s decision will be the doath blow to nominated Chambers rather than to nominated Governors. Efforts are being made to conclude the want of confidence debate tonight. MELBOURNE, Sept. 28. The annual report of the Railway CompMssion ahows a deficiency, aft* meeting

interest and charges, of L 43,000. The revenue wa«i L 3,095,000, and expenditure 18,138,000. HOB ART, Sitrr. 28. A collision occurred outside Trvmar Heads between the tug Wylia and the barquo W enona. Both vessels have been towed in badly damaged.