INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 November 1901, Page 4

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

There is a decrease in the area under wheat this year in Victoria, while the oat crop promises to be the largest on record. The sugar planters and farmers at Eton (Q.) are taking steps to request the Home authorities to refuse assent to the Kanaka. Bill. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company has declared a dividend of Is per share, representing £IB,OOO, payable on the 20th November. The value of copper, silver, tin, and coal exported from New South Wales during the last quarter was £1,101,387, and for the nine months of the year the the value was £3,325,909. A novel idea is to bo carried out at Neutral Bay, a Melbourne insurance company building houses for people insuring with the company, the premiums to take the place of rent. The term of the appointment of Mr G Randall, as lecturer and immigration agent for the Queensland Government, has been extended for a further period of one year, The extension dates from Ist I November. * Arrangements have been made by the Postal Department to start the construction of the long-distance telephone between Melbourne and Sydney as soon as item of £250,000 for the work on the Federal Estimates is passed. Mr Klein, who is now in Queensland on behalf of certain German farmers in Bessarabia desirous of immigrating to Australia, has already made arrangements for settling the first batch of about 100 families, who are expecled to arrive in Queensland about March next. The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has invited the mercantile people of the State to forward to the council of the chamber particulars of such matter connected with the tariff which they think need consideration and amendment, with a view to further action. A statue in Pyrmont stone of the late Sir Henry Parkes, has just been completed by Mr J. D. Fillans, of Pyrmont, from a plaster mould by Mr N. Illingworth, sculptor, of Sydney. The figure which is about 7ft in height, and represents the late statesman standing erect, and wearing a frock coat, will occupy one of the niches on the Gresham streer side of the Lands Office. At Brussclton (3.A.) two men named Johnston and Anderson quarrelled the other Sunday morning at the house of a mutual friend. After the quarrel Johnstone left for his camp, and was followed by Anderson. Soon after a rifle shot was heard in the direction of the camp. On investigation Johnstone was found dead, and Anderson who confessed to shooting him, appeared quite unconcerned, was arrested.