Australian Telegrams.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11933, 5 April 1902, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

Per Press Association. Received April 5, 1.6 a.m. Brisbane, April 4. The body of a. I6urteeti-year-old girl named Amedee, "was found at Ithaca, a suburb _of Brisbane. She had been stabbed to death. The inquest disclosed that she had previously Deon outraged. Thirty , buildings were burned at Longreach. The damage is £30,000. Received April 5, 9.57 a.m., Sydney, , April 5., The ship Dillon is, being towed into Newcastle. She collided with the ships Port Crawford and Peebleshire. The former was seriously damaged. The Peebleshire was also considerably ."damaged. _ A seaman, 'Hobbs 1 / belonging to the Dillon, was thrown from aloft and drowned. Received April 5,. % 10 a.m. . - Sydney, April 5..' i Bishop Cooper has "declined the ! election to the Gippsland See. Melbourne, April 5. In return for placing the land in the New Hebrides at the disposal of the Commonwealth Mr Barton a- | greed to pay Burns Philp £2,400 additional to the present contract for conveying the mails to the New Hebrides in order to enable the company -to substitute white for black labour on the steamers and extend the service -to other islands. The final selection of the Bisley team has been postponed until the Federal Government has voted £2, 000 for expenses. The Federal Minister of Defence has made arrangements for organise ing four battalions to be .known as the Commonwealth Horse for South Africa. Each battalion will be 443 strong. New South Wales, Victoria, arid Queensland are raising one each, .and South Australia, Tasmania, and Westralia- the remaining one. Preference ,>will -be given; to those serving as existing military units or who previously served in South Africa. It is possible Mr Barton will re-, 'turn from the coronation via Japan. The Japanese Government have asked ... him to meet them and discuss matters of mutual interest to ' Australia and Japan. - Brisbane, April 5. The insurances on the Longreach fire include £3150 in the New Zealand Company, and £500 in the South British. • i The body of the girl Amidees was found by the roadside. She had Rone an errand an hour previously. .There were signs of a fierce struggle but no trace of her murderer.