NEW SOUTH WALES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1829, 1 May 1888, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, April 30. The report of the Chinese Commissioners who visited Australia and other places to inquire into the well-being of the Chinese has been published. The report complains bitterly of the outrageous treatment of the Chinese at by the Spaniards, and also by the Dutch m their possessions, ana recommends the immediate establishment of a consulate at Manilla. At Singapore the Chinese outnumber the Europeans by four to one and m Sydney and vicinity, the number of Chinese is 10,000. The report speaks m high terms of the rich mineral products of Australia, and also of the treatment the Chinese receive. It suggests the establishment of consulate at Sydney, And also submits a plan to raise funds at different foreign ports Where Chinese congregate for the purpose of constructing a warship to protect Chinese subjects. Hanlan and Kemp are m active training for the race which takes place on the Paramatta river on Saturdey. The race is for a-side. The betting is 6 to 4 on Hanlan. A new goldfield has been discovered at (Cooma, anil eight miles of country have been pegged off. The Colonial Sugar Refining Com- j pany has declared a dividend of 7 per pent. The amalgamation of the Company with the ' New Zealand Sugar Company has been completed.

The Bank of New South Wales has declared a dividend of 15 per cent, for the year. M. Pastern's agents are engaged m the investigation of a disease known as anthrax m the Cumberland district, with a view to ascertaining whether it is identical with charbon, a disease met with m France. The microbes of the , chicken cholera were to have been tested first, and the agents having now interested themselves with the other disease, it is surmised that the microbes have been found to be dead or that they have lost their virulence. Nothing of an official character, however, has been allowed to transpire. • The Executive Committee have requested the New Zealand Government to forward full particulars of the disease m that colony recently investigated by Professor Thomas. The apparent unwillingness of the British Government to aid the colonies m their attempts to exclude the Chinese from Australia has given rise to a feeling of dissatisfaction, and vigorous public action is now centemplated m all the Australian colonies. A mass meeting to consider the question is being held here this evening. It is understood the Government ' will resist the landing of the Afghan's Chinese passengers here should the steamer be brought on to this port. A Sanitarj Commission has inspected the Chinese quarter of the city, and has condemned sixty buildings as unfit for habitation, and terrible filth was disclosed during the inspection by the Commission.