AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 40, 16 September 1884, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EEUTEE'S TELEQBAMB Melboubne, September 15. The Legislative Council of Fiji has agreed to that colony joining in the guarantee of L 15.000 required by the Imperial Government in connection with the appointment of d High Commissioner in New Guinea. Sydney, Sept. 13. Another ease of small-pox has broken out in this city. Twelve persons are now suffering from the disease. Hanlan has challenged Beach to row within seven months for the championship of the world. **• Sept. 15. Several small-pox patients will be released from quarantine to-day, no fresh cases having occurred at the station. Received Sept. 16, 0.55 a.m. Sydney, Sept. 15. A meeting was held this evening for j the purpose of arranging a second match between Beach and Hanlon, but without result, as Beach had already made an arrangement to row a match with Clifford for the championship of the world. The meeting was postponed for a week in order to get Clifford's sanction to cancel the match between him and Beach, and to enable the latter to make further arrangements with Hanlon. Mexboubne, Sept. 16. | Mauritius advices to hand to ' August 22nd. Ireland, Fraser A Co. report as follows :— Crop favorable ahd harvest operations progressing ; rapidly,: but tbe arrival of sugar shows the market for freight dull. Rates ot exchange on Australia and New Zealand unaltered.