AUSTRALIA.
[Per Press Association.] DROUGHT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ADELAIDE, Dec. 5. Since the commencement o* the drought on July 1 the rainfall registered at the observatory has been 3841 inches. The general average for the same period during the previous fifty-seven years was 10153 inches. , THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, Dec. 5. Lord Brassey proposes to visit New Zealand at the end of the parliamentary session, and will be absent about six weeks. UNREQUITED LOVE. MELBOURNE, Dec. 7. Arthur Bell, teller in the ' Ballarat Branch of the Commercial' Bank, committed suicide by shooting himself \ with a revolver. Unrequited affection was the cause of the deed. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. During next year the Governments of the different colonies have to decide what action they will take in reference to the renewal of the agreement concerning the auxiliary squadron. If they arrange to continue the present agreement, the visits of vessels to Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia will have to be more frequent. Both South Australia and Queensland complain that they see very little of them. It is considered that the stipulation made by New Zealand that two vessels must always be in their waters is too great a concession compared with the small sum that the colony contributes towards the maintenance of the squadron. There is also some feeling in regard to Sydney's privileges as the headquarters of the squadron.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5740, 7 December 1896, Page 3
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AUSTRALIA.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 5740, 7 December 1896, Page 3
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