AUSTRALIAN

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11985, 6 February 1903, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9 a.m., Februarv sth. THE AL'STRALIAN-TASMANIAN CABLE. MELBOURNE, February 5. It is now stated that the amount asked by the Eastern Extension Company for the "/asmanian cable is £70.000. LEGISLATIVE REFORM. The Legislative Council struck out of the Reform Bill a clause providing for the dissolution of the Council when the Bill became law, but carried an amendment fixing the number of members at forty-two instead of twenty-six. GALE ON THE VICTORIAN COAST. _A gale is raging along the coast and the high sett* are fast breaking up the wreck I of the Inverlochv. DROUGHT RELIEF FUND. The drought relief fund amounts to more than £17,000. INDIGNANT BUSINESS MEN. BRISBANE, February 5. At a meeting of the Chamber of" Commerce, members hotly condemned the Federal tariff, and Sir C. Kingston's brutal and insulting administration of the Customs Department. In order to show disgustit was decided to ignore Sir C. Kingston's visi: to Brisbane. MURDER IN A VINEYARD. PERTH, February 5. A Frenchman named Maillot, after purchasing wine at Lauffer's vineyards, I.egan to destroy the finit. Lauffer remonstrated, and Maillot shot him dead. Received 9.35 p.m., Februarv sth. THE SILVER CLOUD COLLISION. SYDNEY, February 5. The Marine Court exonerated all parties m connection with the Silver Cloud collision. Received 1 a.m.. Februarv 6th WELCOME RATN." The heat wave culminated in a steady ram in the city to-night. THE BALMAIN. NEWCASTLE, Februarv 5. Sailed—Balmain, for Wanganui.