LATEST AUSTRALIAN

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3105, 28 July 1894, Page 3

LATEST AUSTRALIAN

(Per Press Association.—Copyright.) (by submarine cable) SYDNEY, Yesterday The report of the Kanaka rising in New Caledonia turns out to bo unfounded. It arose through 3000 natives assembling at a feast to celebrate the ingathering of tho yam harvest. The settlers become alarmed at the number of people present and telegraphed for a warship. HOBaRT, Yesterday Another attempt has been made to wreck the Launceston mail train by piling stones on the rails. Tho cow-catcher, however, swept them aside. (Received 1115 am.) SYDNEY, This day Arrived Coquette and Waitemata from Kaipara. MELBOURNE, This day The Minister for Defence states that during the voyage from Vancouver to Honolulu he had a fellow passenger, an ex-naval officer of the Imperial service, who bad been commissioned by Mr Sandford Fleming to seize Necker Island,

which lies to the north of Hawaii, as a landing station for the Pacific cable. M ReiJ pressed him to abandon his intention as the island belonged to Hawaii since 1853, and he was aware that negotiations were passing between the Imperial and Hawaii Governments for tho purchase of the island. On reaching Honolulu, Mr Reid interviewed the local Government and strongly advised Ministers to deal liberally with the British Government over Necker Island. He pointed out the great advantages Hawaii would derive from having a telegraph station so close to its doors. Mr Reid adds that everything connected with the interview was open and above board. (Received noon.) HOBART, This day The cargo and hall of the wrecked barque Indiana were Bold for £3. The Legislative Assembly declined to agree to the Council’s amendments to reduce the income tax from Is to 10J.

The Government stamp duty proposals include penny tickets for admission to all places of amusement. MELBOURNE, Thiß day The Trades Council decided not to support any candidate for municipal honours who doeß not favour a clause being in sorted in the municipal contracts fixing the minimum wage to be paid by contractors : —Unskilled labour, 6d to 8i per hour ; skilled labor, union rates.