AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3625, 22 August 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLE

— : —«» - United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright Eeceived 3.59 a.m., August 21st. BOUGH WEATHER, SYDNEY, August 21. Heavy rain continues, and strong southerly seas are delaying shipping. Some low-lying districts are flooded. Received 0.40 a»m., August 22nd. THE WADXARE. Sailed—Waikare, with the English and Vancouver mails. THE WESTRATJA. Arrived —Westralia. VICTORIAN POLITICS. MELBOURNE, August 21. In the House of Representatives, the State Assembly.-Convention Bill was read a second time by a'majority of four, amid considerable excitement. The Treasurer delivers his Budget on Taesday. ■ " *■ THE MOKOIA. Sailed —Mokoia. BLOOD STOCK FOR INDIA. Record Beign and a number of other v racers have been shipped by the steamer Argus for India. THE RICARDO LIBEL. BRISBANE, August 21. In the Ricardo libel case, Captain Douse gave evidence thatvhe heard Colonel Chauvel urging Ricardo to obey an order to. advance. The latter replied "No fear. We are safe here." Others gave evidence that at Vet River Colonel Ricardo ■when ordered to advance replied that he , ■was quite willing to do so, but "it will be Colonel Paper's fault if I am killed." NEW GUINEA. The Premier bitterly complains of the indifference of the other States and the Federal Government in regard to the New Guinea difficulty of obtaining funds for administration, and says that if the Federal Government -continue to neglect the matter he will have no other course than to appeal to the Imperial Government. Received 1.3 a.m., August 22nd. CLOSER SETTLEMENT. ADELAIDE, August 21. The Government have purchased for closer settlement the Congola estate of 53,000 acres, for £123,000.