AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
(Per Press Association.) Sydney, March 3. Speaking of federation at Manly, Mr Edward Barton said that New Zealand had treated the matter with icy coldness from the start. Tbe best thing would be for her to remain out. Federation could do without New Zealand, but she could also do without it. News from Germany Archipelago reports the wreck of the schooner Zor. All on board were saved. Arrived- 11. M.5. Royalist, from Norfolk Island ; Mariposa, from San Francisco, via Auckland. At a meeting of bankers it was decided to reduce the interest aud rates on deposits to l^- per cent for six months and to 8 per cent for twelve months. Melbourne, March 3. Parliament has fixed the salary of the coming manager of railways at i' 3,500, which, wifch the unrestricted area of selection, should enable a competent man to be obtained. The Legislative Council has passed the Federation Bill through all stages. In the Post Office Bill the clause empowering the seizure of letters addressed to sweep promoters outside the colony was struck out. i
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 206, 4 March 1896, Page 2
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