AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 303, 2 May 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. ' A PAYMASTER DISMISSED THE \ SERVICE. i REV. MR GREEN CONSECRATED i BISHOP OF GRAFTON. ; A NEW CALEDONIA ESCAPEE. (F£B PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, May 1. Mr Rose, an ardent Protectionist, moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the attitude of the Ministry on the question of protection He accused the Government of failing to carry out pledges on which they were el ected, of the abandoning of protection, and failing to make good their promise of a tariff reform. Hart, assistant paymaster to the Or lando, was tried by court martial and c»ndemued to be dismissed from the service, and imprisoned for one year, for the miiappxopriation of funds. This Day An escapee from New Caledonia sue cessfully resisted his immediate extradi tion on tho ground that he is a British subject Further consideration of the case has been adjourned till October to admit of the receipt of proofs from Eng land as to the man's identity. Melbourne, May 1. The Rev. Mr Green wca coosecrated Bishop of Grafton to-day. There was a noble gathering of ecclesiastics from the different colonies, Dine bishops being pre sent The Bishop of Ballarat performed the ceremony, Hobabt, May 1. Arrived — lonic, She sails at midnight for Auckland. She brings 100 passengers for New Zsaland and 41 for Australia.