AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Preas ABsn.— By 'Telegraph.— Copyright. ) SYDNEY, October 1. *■ In the tug of war New Zealand beat Syria after a hard pull. In the Assembly the third reading of the debate on the Meagher Bill was unfinished, owing to the time limit on private members' night. Chidley (the; "simple, life" advocate) has been. released from the asylum under a guarantee backed by two profninent citizens not to .expound his theories m public places or to walk the streets' m abbreviated costume! The Rev. Mr Goldie reports fromßambataua (Solomon Islands)*, that there is trouble among the natives.. Seven persons have been kilted within a few miles of the mission station. The Commissioner has sent police to protect the missionaries. *".-.-■•■.'■ (Received ' October 2, 10.10 a.m.) A SYDNEY, October 2. The Assembly has; passed the Meagher Reinstatement Bill by 34 votes to 21 votes. , Ten members have refused to accept the additional £200 reoently. voted to increase the salaries of members of the New South Wales Parliament. Provided the. City Council 'grants a permit, , the Telegraph Newspaper Company intends to erect a building 192 ft hig-h. on Vthe,' site of Vhe Metropolitan hot,el, at the corner of King, and Castlereagh streets. . , , ; ...... ■.■^^' i^lELßOU.|iNE > .!potb"b , er 2. Mr'' Fisher has received ah offer from a Sydney ,. resident to pay .the rent of the'.,.-,'G,ovei*iiorrG,e,nerars . wsidenco at SyWfy* 3-%' ,Fi«hep,,,^pc.lares .it is. impossible, to accept .the- pjffer, ,'^.A „-..*. goods ti^,in, standing 1 - m the? ASouth Kepsirigton .jimctipn off, and passed the signal at. danger. The;, driver noticed his mistake, and the ".brakse^ were applied. ,A truck was derailed, by the' sudden stpiipage. The sigrtalman, observing the mistake^ applied, the signals against a picnic special, train coming on, an adjoining Jine, thus averting a disaster.. „.-.. In the House of Representatives, the Maternity Allowance Bill passed its third reading. . • The Presbyterian Assembly has rejected a motion referring the question of ; the marriage of a deceased wife's sister to the part-Presbyterian Council sitiing at Aberdeen mr June, 1&14. Anj amendment was carried, to the effect j tlntt. an. . "alteration should bo. made to the Confession . of Faith, declaring that such a marriage should . not . be visited by; .ecclesiastical c.ensiire bf disability uppn the minister or the parties The Anglican Synod, bya«two to one majority, negatived a motion recording that it' was undesirable, to. .permanently maintain the legal connection of the Church m Australia and England.