AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1904, 15 June 1889, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, June 12. Arrived—B.B. Manapodri. Sailed —Rotomahana, for Bluff. The Premier, Mr Gillies;; last introduced the new rules of procedure in the Victorian Parliament, The rules were designed merely to ■■prevent waste of time. The debate was not finished. The total amount of imports into Victoria during 1888 was £23,972,000, Exports !£13y853,000. In both instances the returns show an increase over 1887, June 13, Trawling expeditions instituted by the Government have revealed extensive fishing "grounds ' along the coast, which are saidMo'be'of great value. The Cutler case is further complicated by the arrest of a man named Stevens, who is charged with being the : real mnjrderer of the 3 Chinaman, Sydney, June 12. Il ls staled that the steamer Centennial, which arrived yesterday from Auckland, bumped ' heavily four or five times the night the steamer Was off the North Gape. The bottom was apparently sandy. The : second officer was on bridge atThe 1 time, and the passengers, aroused by the shocks, came on deck. There was great consternation, the boats were made ready for lowering, the engines were reversed, and the Vessel' got clear, An examination of the well showed that the steamer was not making any water, and it was therefore decided (o continue on her course to Sydney, . Government have approved of the scheme'for compelling school-boys oyer twelve years of age to undergo military training, and after they leave the school of drafting them to senior cadet corps. June 13. The Anglican Synod have nominated the Rev. Canon William Smith, Principal of St, AVdeh’s College (theological), Birkenhead, and the Rev. Glyn Moate, Principal of Ridley Hall, Oxford, for the Primacy of Australia, and Rev, Canon Ohavassp, Oxford. The Bishop o,f Npw South Wales wjlli select two from these. Then ,of the whole of Australia and Tasmania will make the final selection. ; The revenue returns for the first five months of the year show a surplus! of £40,000, Adelaide, June IS. Dr Budalarnd, of the Bavarian Foreign Office, has arrived here. A 1 the • request nol Prince Bismarck he i is making ' a t,opr of the world for the purpose, of acquiring infprmstioni regarding the commerce, railway administration, ,l,and laws, agriculture, and-genepal ipdUßtries ip the various countries. 1 Brisbane, June 12. ; In the Legislative Assembly last night the Payment of Members Bill was read a secbnd : tiras, It provides for the payment of an honorarium of £3OO , per annum, in addition to travelling expenses, Hobart, June 12. The Kaikoura arrived from Plymouth via Teneriffe'aud the Cape this morning with fifty-one passpngejr’s for Australis and seventy-one for New Zealand! fijhe sailed at 6 this everiing'ior Wellington. June 18. A recommendation bps been made! to the Government to reddce lhe period iof the'quarantine‘.of cattle inapofted from New Zealand to thirty days. 1