AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1037, 1 September 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN .

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS—COEYMOH I T,J Contempt of Court. Sydney, Yesterday. Judgment was delivered.tp-flay injthe contempt of Court case. The |*foprietors of the Sydney Morntng Herald were found guilty, and sentenCed to pay a fine of Laso on accoubt 'of articles published in their, journal ,commenting unfavorably upon the' copctact of Justice lanes in connection with'the slander case of Anderson,,versus! the same defendants. ‘ : The Weather. - ‘ - ; Heavy rains have fallen, over a large portion of the colony since last night. The Annexation Conference.. It is considered probable that /the proposed Intercolonial Conferencef on the annexation question will be .lield here, and will take place about the beginning of November. //

Sporting. Martini-Henry and : Legrand are now favorites for the A.J.G. Derby. r [Received Sept. 1,12.30 p.m/] 1 • The Great Metropolitan Stakes! Sydney, To-diy. The following horses ndwremajh in for the Great Metropolitan Stakes to be run on Tuesday next, viz.:—Aide-de-Camp, Ascot, Boscawen, Cunnamulla, First Demon, Gloucester, Nicholas, Norman, Phyllis, Sardonyx Segenhoe, Willeroo.Yately, The Drummer, The Gem. ■ The weather is how fine. The Tidal Wave. Melbourne,,To-day.‘ Telegrams are to hand from Gerald ton, ori the West Australian coast, stating that a tidal wave was ■ experienced tl iere on Monday. The sea re ceded ully a hundred yards, and enabled the people to pick up a. quantity of £ tranded fish. Another Earthquake.. Adelaide, To-day. A slight shock of earthquake has been experienced in this colony. [E eceived Sept. 1,12.30. p, in, jThe Disaster in JavaLondon, Auguaj; 31. Reports to hand from Java give the estimate of 30,000 {sic query 3,000) as the nunber of lives lost by the tidal wave recently experienced off the coast of that island. "

' An Apology. The difficulty which had atiseQ between Italy and Morocco has npW oeen settled, Sultan Mulai Hassan having sent an ample apology to-the Italian Government.