AUSTRALIA.

Southland Times, Issue 8082, 10 August 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[Bf Electbio Teljßgbafh-~Copybight/) (SEUTEB'S TELEGBAMS.) MELBOURNE, Aug 8. Mr Service's reply to Sir Alexander Stewart'd communication iotimatiog the inability of New South Wales to join any federal body constituted pnder the recently passed Enabling Act has been made public. Mr Service hopes that upon further consideration the colony of New South Wales will find no reason for standing aloof from an intercolonial federation. The Melbourne Omnibus Company have put on 50 new drivers in place of the men on stnke. Others are being engaged as soon as possible, so as to enable the service to be resumed. A Military Coui*fc is sitting at Queenscliffe in order to enquire into the alleged dissatisfaction manifested by members of the Permanent Artillery force stationed there. Application has been made to the Supreme Oourt of Victoria to test the legality of the sentences lately passed upon the men found guilty of insubordination. Arrived — S.S. Mawhera from New Zealand. Mr Service has requested Mf Griffiths, Premier of Queensland, to draft a memo, to the various colonies embodying their acceptance of the provisions of the Federal Council Enabling Act, and Mr Griffiths has consented to accede to bis request. Tenders for the South Melbourne Municipal Loan of LBO,OOQ at 5 per cent, were opened to-day, when the amount was subscribed nearly lour fold. The average price is LlOl 16s. Mr Squires, the Superintendent of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, states that if tbe present subsidies be renewed for a term of ten years tbe company will bq prepared to make the proposed reduction iv tha cable tariff for Press and othei telegrams. Aug. 9. His Honour Judge Higginbotham. has granted an enquiry into the case of the two gunners of the Permanent Artillery force lately condemned to terms of imprisonment for insubordination, on tbe ground tbat the officers comprising the Oourt Martial had not subscribed to the oath in accordance with the pro vieions o& Discipline Act. SYDNEY, Aug. 9. Arrived— Barque Ansdell, from Wangaroa. A case of small- pox has been discovered on board tbe Messageries Mar i times s.s. Oceanien. The vessel arriveU in Port Jackson twelve days ago, and the medical authorities are informed that the eruption was visible on the third day after the Vessel's arrival.