Australian Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11815, 12 November 1901, Page 3

Australian Telegrams.

(Per Press Association.) Brisbane, November 10. The Aorangi has been floated undamaged. . , ' ; /. Perth; November 10. Mr Piesse's censure motion was' carried by 24 to 22. In consequence Mr Leake had an interview with the Governor on Saturday. He 'makes a statement to the House o« Tuesday.:, It , *s understood, he does not seek, a dissolution, but recommended His Excellency to send ' for Mr. Piesso. Melbourne, November 11. The threatened stoppage of Tattersel'a sweeps under the Postal Bill had the effect of" largely increasing business, over 12,000 more letters being received than last year. . Sydney, November 11. A city butcher named Hayes was driving home on Saturday might When he was stuck up on the Parramatta.Road, near, the .University,, being brutally assaulted and robbed of £40, the day's takings. The robbers escaped.' The steamer Cereda, from Mauritius, reports ' an insurrection of natives at Sandalwood Islands. When at Manganesi port, Sandalwood, Dutch warships . were guarding the town against a threatened invasion from Sumbawa Island. Food is at* famine prices and trade paralysed. United Press Association.— By Ele«tric Telegraph.— Copyright. * Received November 12, 9.17 a.m. Sydney, November 12. i The Herald, dealing with the. New Zealand Government's proposal to establish a direct line of steamers to South Africa, states that it is in^ formed by a prominent New Z^alan^ der, identified with oversea shipping, that the response on the; partof shippers- to- a - -recent announcement that a large steamer intending loading/ direct for South Africa proved very meagre and disappointing, and the outlook of such a service on profitable lines was gloomy. Melbourne, November 12. . Mr Barton informed a deputation of the Royal Geographical Society, seeking a Federal contribution; towards sending a yearly ' relief ship to the Discovery Antarctic' expedition, that he would consult .the Cabinet, but he gave no hope of ,a, cpntribution., He sympathised with the object, but the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth did hot authorise expenditure in such directions. Received November 12, 0.26 a.m. Melbourne, November 12. A conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth has opened to discuss the Federal tariff. Mr Barton, at the Mayoral . banquet, referring to the control of New Guinea, said that one thing which captivated Australia and Britain more than any other was the Frospect of the Commonwealth, acquiring a dominion over the, Southern Seas, whilst thejlr policy would never become aggressive. It was not the intention, he hoped, of anyone guiding the destinies of the Commonwealth to shrink from those duties which were inseparable from its position in: the Southern £oas. - _Mr Reid is , visiting the leading provincial centres of Victoria delivering frcetrade addresses.