AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 16 July 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

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State Loan Bank. Received this day at 9 15 a. m. Sydney July 16. The Farmer’s Convention- urge the Government to establish a State Loan Bank.

The Governor’s Allowance. Melbourne, July 16. A number of communications have passed between Chamberlain and * the State Government with reference to allowances for an Aide-dc-Camp and' a Private Secretary for State to the Governor. These officials mean an outlay of £IOOO a year. The Cabinet decided that the £SOOO voted for the Governor’s salary must cover everything. A Lascar Crew. Adelaide, This Day. The Omrah is the first of the Orient Line to carry a Lascar crew. Presbyterian Church Federation. Doctor Theodore Marshall arrived en route for Sydney to represent the Church of Scotland at the celebration of the Presbyterian Church Federation. The Plague. Brisbane, This Day. A woman named Hannoysee was attacked with plague at Cairns. Orange Trouble. Perth, This Day. The Orange Demonstration at Boulder led to a riot. Tha police had trouble in dispersing the combatants, several of whom were injured with sticks. The Sydney Fires. Received this day at 9 30 a m. i Sydney, July 16. . The fires of last week wiped out the whole gross premiums of forty-five companies for the whole year. Tha New Hebrides Question. Adelaide, July 16.. The Rev. Paton, a veteran of the Now Hebrides Missionary, has returned from London, He states that it was the proposal of France to annex the New Hebrides, and send a hundred thousand convicts there. It vtfas checKed by protests from Australia and Great Britain. These low class criminals have been deported to a destination unknown. Queensland Parliament. Brisbane, July 16. Parliament opens to-day. The speech which is colourless, indicates the necessity for the extension of the railways to the gold-fields. A Bill will probably provide a grant and advances to farmers.