AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 215, 12 March 1895, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

THE N.S.W. MILITARY SCANDAL. THE SMALLPOX SCARE. ! AN IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION ANOTHER RICH GOLD FIND. (PKB PBEBS ASSOCIATION i Sydney, This Day. The court-martial which has been engaged for the past fortnight hearing the charges against Captain Close has concluded its sittings. The President announced that the finding would remain sub judice till it had been considered by the Governor. Mr Justice Windeyer has been elected Chancellor of the University in place of the late Sir William Manning. A rumour is current that Sir H. Parkes intends to move a vote of censure on the Government, but Mr Reid, the Premier, declares that lie will take no notice of such a motion, and it will have to take its chance with those of other private members. Mr W. J. Tricketfc, M.L.C., who has returned from a visit to New Zealand, speaks unfavorably of the condition of the colony. Melbourne, This Day. Twelve persons who came in contact with the smallpox patient have been placed in quarantine. Mr Villiers, war* correspondent with the Japanese forces, visits Australia to deliver a series of lectures on China and Japanese war. Hobart, This Day. The Chief Justice has ruled that taxpayers may deduct depreciation in value of shares from Income Tax assessment ; also, that parliamentary candidates, whether successful or not, are not entitled to deduct election expenses from income returns. Another good find of reef gold has been made at Mt. Margaret, and 213 ounces of gold were dollied from 500 pounds of stone. Newcastle, March 11. The Waratah miners came out on strike this morning against the reduction. The mine will probably be closed.