AUSTRALIAN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13015, 30 June 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

'Uniter Press; Assbciation-7-Per Telegraph—Copyright. A NATIONAL FLEET. MELBOURNE, June 29. The_ Shipping ; : Commission's report was published to-day. The whole- of it is practically an advocacy for a national; fleet: owned and* run by the Federal Government. The; report recommends a -flew- of eight" -turbine r steamers TKHW" tons""'largeV than the present ships, of a.speed, of sixteen knots,; each costing,'£37s,(KM), to run a fortnightly service, the/estimated cost being £1,270,000 yearly./ The/annual'esttf mate of revenue* is £1,319,000, the paisen-' gers receipts being based onthe Orrait fare* ■. The vessels wjll be manned/ by Australians and repairs will be done:in. Australia. Thevarious \ ofilfcommerce have objected to a national lawW the ground,that-the Government/'iirffess' J* 1 **%** "• T * ral of *e crew w£L strrt <* ed 6n * ,«*«• Oieeks, one!of wb ?ZLJ nM desperately- injured., i ™EJ«DERAL %IML SERVICE* - ; 1 * m the negotiations with regard r 'S? nwl ; service, a The •»tiim|of_the Federal PoVrinaster •; *i TMMonnt LyelPretnrnWrom May 24A J ll9 |a?re converters ; from these pit dnce4§7l9 , tonVjpf- blister, /copper; '■'■*&? taining) 711 tons of copper, /53;i62/ ounces of sflrtr .: J <% "THE;A/M.-P^SOeiETg/ ■.-'•'"•• M ;■,.-.' ".- / SffUNKY',,Jung"^ In Mr M. Campbell's to restrain the AiM.R Society/from its busmess to thet United. Kingdom and South Africa, the Court decided tiat the Society has powetgjto cany out the extension./ 5..-> { HONOURS FOR THE COLONIES. ! Advices have beW received.', from : the 1 Secretory of State for the Coloines that' the honour of knighthood has-been con-: ferred/?on Mr (Justice Owen, andr. that 'the Governor, Sir : Harry yßAwapn#;'has.! been made.ia Knight '"Grand of the Bathi STHE CENSURE DEBATE- / In|phe censure "debate ties' General the charge that _ Governmtot yursued a masterjty inactivity m bringing *WiDir back.??-He proved tlnrt e**ry legal effort at the earliest possible moment. '.

j THE JBfIaBDTQ CLERGYMAN^ .under -the name- of Lee .with « -woman celled M« Lee: decided to send a areolar adrismg'tlte churches ia America ai& his