AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 4016, 26 February 1903, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

SYDNEY, Feb. 23. A section of the Ministers’ Association has sent a petition to Admiral Fanshawe praying for an inquiry into Cardinal Moran’s allegation against British officers during the Samoan trouble. The • first death since the outbreak of the typhoid fever has occurred at Coonamble. There arc 207 cases of typhoid reported. There are numerous cases in other country towns. SYDNEY, Feh. 24, An animal supposed to he a tiger, attacked a teacher who was riding in the bush at Marulan, injuring him and his horse. A Ladies’ Committee will shortly make Saturday collections in aid of the Drought Fund. Sir John Downer, ex-Premier of South Australia, in an interview, said that he was much impressed with his visit to New Zealand, and with' the possibilities of the colony, which appeared to be practically illimitable. The colony had .many advantages of its own, and Mr Seddon seemed to be the man to .make the best use of them. At the inquest on the body of the manwho died in the Domain, the jury found a verdict that death was due to phosphorus poisoning. A let-, ler left by the deceased showed that he had walked about Sydney for seven days, that he ,was penniless, and'unable to bring himself to beg. ..MELBOURNE, Feb. 24." A wharf labourer has benn found suffering from plague. Mr Duncan, Mayor of Suva, who is on a holiday to Australia, in an interview said he regarded the Bible burning as the most serious matter that had occurred in Fiji. Ninety per cent, of the Fijians are Methodists, and it only required an able leader to cause a fierce struggle With great loss of life. The Methodists worked hand in hand with the Government, and would probably advise the Fijians not to fight, but if the testaments had been burned, and unles this great insults to their religion were removed, the results would be such as to surprise those not knowing the native character, beneath his skin the Fijian was still a savage, and a demon to fight. Once the ,4ethodists and the Catholics came into conflict the result would be a very serious one, and he could rioffi help thinking that a mistake had been made in appointing a Catholic Governor to a young . Protestant colony. Mr Duncan spoke highly of the commercial progress of Fiji, and characterised the recent allegations with reference to tyrannical administration as amusing. He declared the Fijians to be one. of the most contented and happy peoples in the King’s dominions. ADELAIDE, Feb. 24. Read, of Sydney, swam 1000'yards in 14min Slsec, a new Australian record. BRISBANE, Feb. 23. A girl who was suffering from the plague has died. Feb. 24. Heavy floods are reported in the far north. Two men have been drown ed. i PERTH, February 23. The victim of the infernal machine outrage has taken a turn for .the worse. His mind is affected, and he is in a precarious condition, NORFOLK ISLAND, Feb, 23. The drought has broken up, and nine inches of rain have fallen.