AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8588, 7 August 1899, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

(KlectrloTelograph— Copyright— United Prims Afuocfation.) SYDNEY, August 6. Heavy rains caused the embankment for the new Globe Island bridge to slip, destroying the old bridge. No fatalities occurred. The steamer La Serena has been towed from Broome, Western Australia, to Sydney, ,3400 miles. This is a record for the colonies. (Received August 7, 0.12 a.m.) . August 7.— Cardinal Moran recently claimed that the Imperial authorities had settled the question of precedence, declaring that he iv tha capacity of a prince of the Catholic "Church should take precedence over the Primate at social functions. The- Primate, in reply, has published the Secretary of State's decision in the matter, declaring that as the offices of Cardinal and Ptimate wete considered of equal rank, the holders for the lime being shall rank acoordiug to the dates of their appointment. MELBOURNE. August 6. In the i Budget speech this week the Premier expects to announce a surplus of £300,000. ■ The Premier states that the Eastern Extension Cable Company's offer came too lato. The colony is already pledged to the Pacific route, and cannot draw back. He also favors the Pacific rovite because it will provide a second and competitive line, whereas another owned by the Company would place the public in tlio hands of monopolists. August 7.'— Tbs conference of naval officers has concluded. Their decisions respecting the establishment of a ; naval reserve will not be published until they are'eonsidered by the various Premiers.