AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1565, 22 September 1905, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By; telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright Brisbane, Sept. 21. A mombor of tho Young Men’s Chris (ian Association has donated tbo inßtitu lion property worth £25,000. <

Sydney, Sopt. 2;

The report submitted to tho annual mooting of tho Employers’ Federation stated that tho Arbitration Aot had produced dlsoord in ovory branoh of labor. Admiral Fanahawo has been advised that H.M.S. Powerful, the new flagship tor tho Australian station, will bo commissioned on October Brd, and leavos shortly after. I

Tho owners of the tug Hero have been awarded £BOO for towing the Abbey Palmer, when reeently in dangor off Bondi. They olaimod £SOOO. The hurdle horse Levant has arrived in good condition.

Melbourne, Sept 21, A severe shook of earthquake ocourrod at San Remo. Though no damage was done by the vibration, the noiso was terrifying, Many residents left their beds in fear.

The Presbyterian General Assembly eleoted as the new Moderator the Rev. Murdoch, who, in his presidential address, dealt with the Scottish ohurohes. He olaimed that the aotion of the State in tho matter was an interference with the liberty of the Church. Ho urged that the Ohnroh in Australia be oa its guard. The safety of tho Oboroh would have been better assured if their liberty had been protected by a olause in the basis of union declaring the Ohnroh to be tho sole judge of tho conformity of her secondary standard with tho word of God. It appeared to be worth I considering whether something oould not yet be done to repair the omission. J Perth, Sept. 21. I An applioation has been granted on behalf of the New Zealand Acoideni Insurance Company to have the administration of the estate of its late manager, Blake, transferred to the Bankruptcy Court.