AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1905, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

SYDNEY LABOUR CONFIDENCE. SYDNEY, February 5. After a lighting speech by Mr. Watsonin justification of his action in fornring the Labour-Protectionist alliance in ti e Federal Parliament, a large section Of-/the delegates condemned the coalition as hv irnical to the best interests of Labour, but Mr Watson skilfully moved an amendment that saved the situation. _^___ ——— ■' t ■■ CABLE BREVITIES. The Government of Canada has decided to appoint commercial agents forall the chief industrial centres in the United States. ti The exports of the Transvaal for 190* are valued at £17,770,988. This amount included £16,054,809 worth of gold, and £901,745 worth of diamonds. A man has died of plague at Bund*berg, in Queensland.

Mr J. H. Phillpot, who has resigned his position as organist of St. Pauls Church, has been presented with a marble clock by the choir and vestry, and a silver cigarette-ease by the choir,boysCanon Nelson, who made the presentation, at the vicarage, enlogised Mr ph ~" pot's excellent work during his eigW years of office, and the esteem in. wbien he was held by the church members. Mr W. A. Holman was released from service on the Grand Jury at the ot* preir.e Court to-day on account of *n arDr tration case in which be la MMpfc..* -""'*