AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9840, 28 October 1893, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, October 27. ■ Owing to an outbreak of small pox in New South Woles, all • vessels arriving from Sydney are to be inspected ty the health ofliceVs. j ' ,> \ '- lhe Legislative Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting the use of 6pium except under medical direction, and forbidding the "growth of poppies under heavy penalties. Lord and Lady Glasgow will be guests ot Lord Hopetonn unlil the end of the racing carnival. There is no further development of i the wool difficulty. Sydney, October 2ti. Sailed ; Manapouri, for Auckland. Sydney, October 27. Owing to the deadlock, wool to the value of a million and a-half storling is awaiting sale. The sentence of death passed on Alexander Brysen, aged 13 years, for the murder of Goorge Smith, has been commuted to imprisonment for lifo. ■ The Government have introduced into the Legislative Assembly a bill applying the '• Betterment Principle " to public works. The Cabinet have appointed : a medical board to inquire into the sanity of Glasson, who lies under the (loath sontoneo for the Carconr tragedy. „ ; . Sydney, October 28. ■ H.M.S. Kaioomba arrived from Samoa tb-day. Shoreports everything quiet at the group. A despatch was received containing instructions for deportation of Mataafa to Marshall Islands, and the German warship Spider has been appointed, to convey him' thither, the Tsiands hieing under the German protectorate. , A conference consisting of four representatives from the wool buyers, and four from settlers, has been appointed, to endeavor to settle the difficulty which has arisen in connection, with wool sales,

It is anticipated that the' conference' will have a successful issue, nnd that an amicable arrangement Vrill u c come to. Hobabt, Octobor 27. The Legislative Assembly has. 'passed the Land Tax Bill. A strong opinion prevails that the Legislative Council will not accept the principle of a graduated taxation. Perth, October 25. • , Another important gold discovery lta.3 been made near Coolgardie, which was the.accne of a small rush a short time ago. One party has obtained 1 00 ounces, including a nugget containing 70 ouncoa of pure gold,.