AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 December 1901, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLE NEWS.

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Patting down Betting. Melbourne, This Day. The Bicycle Club, after examining the various riders in the Austral wheel race, decided to shift further enquiry on to the shoulders of the League of Wheelmen, and informed the League that evidence taken disclosed such an undesirable state of affairs, that if allowed to continue, it would destroy cycling. The Club pay* over the stakes to-day.

Another Australian Contingent. Received this day at 10 6 a.m. Adelaide, December 23.

In the Council the Attorney-General stated that if other states decided to send another contingent to Transvaal indepen- ‘ dently of the Commonwealth Parliament at ihe request and expense of the Imperial authorities, the Government of South Australia would fall into line. The Price of Copper. The Directors of the Moonta Walaroo mines have informed their employees that unless the price of copper is very materially increased, it will be necessary to withdraw the ten per cent of increase in wages given a couple of years ago conditional upon the price remaining above £6O per ton. Westralian Government. Perth, December 23.

Morgan informed the Assembly (hat the Governor had refused bis request for a dissolution. Ho had In oonseqnence resigned, and Lake would be sent for Morgan accused his reputed followers of ratting It is doubted if they will be true to their new chief.

Ship Aground. Bexsbakb, December 22,

The steamer Duke of Devonshire, bound from London to Brisbane with 46 passengers and 4000 tons of cargo, was aground on Hunter reef, near Hannibal Island, Torres Straits, last Sunday. Assistance was sent. The vessel was in charge of a pilot. It is believed that the steamer Penarth, from Westport, is standing by. The point where the vessel struck is live miles out of the usual course.

Heat and Cyclones. Brisbanb, December 28.

The heat wave is unabated. Several deaths from sunstroke, beat, and apoplexy are repotted. A man at Bafoadlne was digging a grave and had just climbed out when ho dropped dead. The cyclones did much damage to property and townships. A Bear at Large. Brisbane, December 23.

The combination of Wirth’s circus and a shipment of cattle caused trouble on the Paroo. A bear broke loose causing a panic amongst the cattle. The bear after mauling several cows was eaptorca while carrying off a calf.

The “Age ” on Barton. Deo 21.

The “ Age ” commenting on Lord Boaebary’s speech to the statesmen, and new sentiment of the Empire says that Barton may not perceive any personal application in this, but his friends think new sentiment of the Empire ought to certainly have animated the Federal Premier as actively as it did the Prime Ministers of Canada, and New Zealand. What we know, is that while Lord Kitchener cabled to Seddon his grateful thanks for the [oiler of a contingent, we have Barton holding back in a timid sort of way, saying that more Australian troops will be got ready ii England asks for them. There is nothing of a new sentiment of che Empire in such an attitude, and Barton entirely misrepresents the public sentiment of Australia.

Photographic Prize. Sydney, Deo 23,

Seedham of Auckland was awarded the first prize at the New South Wales Photographic Societies special exhibition, for a picture entitled "Homeward Bound.” That Loan Question. See has received a reply from Seddon that probably Ward used the word unloaded, not unplaced. See does not think the explanation satisfactory. The whole loan was subscribed. Whether brokers unloaded did not matter so long as the ■ State received the money on the due date. Since the Premier expressed this opinion, the full text of Ward’s speech has been published.