AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 May 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

(per press association.—copyright)

Naval Display at Sydney. Received this day,'at 950 am. Sydney, May 30. The chief event to-day is the Grand If aval Display in the Harbor. The Duchess and a number of the Royal party yesterday visited the National Park. Virtually Manslaughter. At the inquest on the Broken Hill accident, evidence was given that some of the miners objected to working in the place where the fall occurred, considering it unsafe. The jury returned an open verdict adding that in their opinion the accident would have been averted if the deceased and the underground manager and inspector of the mine had taken more care. * A relief fund has been started. Picture of Commonwealth Parlia- ' ment. -Mbldourne, This Day. The Duke has consented to give a sitting to Tom Roberts, the well-known artist, for a large historical picture, depicting his reading the Royal message at the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament.

Coronation Oath. The Baptist Conference has adopted a resolution against any alteration in the coronation path.

Plague Patient. , Bkisbane. This Day. A man. named Yolkmann has been attacked with plague at Spring- Hill.

k Cable House. A Pacific cable test house has been erected bhsouth port beach.

Inspector of Mines.

Murray Russell, of Dunedin, has been appointed Inspector of Mines for the southern district.