AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 271, 21 May 1897, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

* V (Per Press Association. l o Bimsi;ank, May 20. AlimiiiuH i'< ports continue to arrive fl of the disistcrous ciTects of the drought, | which promises to equal that of IStf 1 in K its severity, t The. cold weather Is having a serious i effect on the sugar ci op. )t i.s estimated i thnt the colony's yield will not exceed \ 80,000 tons. " " t Adkl.udk, May l'J. i Late London files show that tiie \ i^U'-eu has apjiroyd that Legislative Councillors in certain coiouii's possess iug responsible govern meut may, on retirement or resignation alter contiuu ous service for (en yens, bo eligible io be recommended by the (ioverii' -v* of 1 s'ich colonies to re'ain the title of lion- ( ourablc. ( Sybnky, May 20. ' Tlif: Legislative Assembly has uega- ' tivi.'d a luotiou by Mr Copi-hind dissent ( ing l:om Mr Spe.iker A I boil's ruling ( disallowing a debate ou tl.it m<t:on io go ' into committee on the Federation Bill, j This Day. ' The report of the Inspector General ' of the Insane shows that since IH'JI the ' proportion of the insane increased from ' •I'.V.) tn '2915 per thoss-and. lie altribul.-s this to the commcrii.il depression. He complains of the l;'.rg<: and incivasint,' ' numb >r of alien patients and the over crowding of the asylums. ' As a jubileo jjif>. t > the Quern, Sir Georgo Dihbs is f >nwirdiu;> a walking! stick n.Mile on his own lathe ir..iu a piece of jiuc old tiujber uueai'thi d from the foum'ation of the Australian Club. It is heautifnlly mounted with ;;old At the Conference of Chambers of Cotn'iiercc, Mr Gedues, of Sydnt.y, read a paper reviewing the meat export tia'le and lie strongly ur^ed :li! luci-ssitv of iujproviu" the prcsint r.nsaiisfactory method j of s o aye, distribution and silo in J-'.uropc. Mklhournk, May '20, Com'nandaut Booth, of the Salvation Army, has been examined before the Old Age Pension Commission. Jl>- sujj "estcd that the. a»ed poor should bo divided iuto Prot-j.staut and lioujau Catholic sections and that the Governaieut should call for tenders for their support. This Day. The Humane Society awarded silver medals to thirty ci»ht rescuers at the Stockton colliery disaster.