AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 205, 24 December 1896, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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1:1;AL ITEMS. •*. i*i.«• .'•••<• ; ' • Syi.\:.v, The !It.*ni!d regards „'.ir I »!.«!.iSH;rlain's | v.lii«-1i r Sul.lon \\i Iks di- " -■ d at his Conference, ns u- .. tn, a!though by tva.-mi of his tii . • u-tie. imil jaitou'e.her an nni>, , tie -• 11 it .■> for dtscus-'ion by a 1 f» five assemblage of statesmen. 1 he fleet will remain in Hobart till the 27: ii January. .s.!\al mun i o.\ r. • similar io tin;-e in Norfolk P»ay last yar wiil be carried out at Akaroa (his time. 11.M.5. Orlando goes direct from Hobart to Wellington. Mr livid states that he has no objeclii n to New South Wales being represented at the conference proposed by .Mr Seldom Though the (lovernnient believes in Free trade they are desirous of promoting reciprocity as much as po.-sih!e. It is impo-siLle, however, thakAh • colony can b ■ represented un-les.-Wi! conference is held in Au-trali.:. Two brothers named Phillips, ;<g-d ltand IG. hive been a;r: d 011 a cieti-.'e of; e.t-.i. ring their rillier, whose charred remains v,vro found near ("assels with a bullet hole in the skull. Mi 1: s:n:-:. I>tc. 2:i. The IJi'.ird of Health his a ked the <tuvernrueiU t>Mx>nvei;..' an intercolonial corf* !'• iiee to take eiJeietit hiea-iU'es to prevent the inlio Kti' nof the bubonic plague. Ai'l I A!!'! . 1 >rc. The South Australians are all out tor Itfl ; Jones not out 1:5. New South Walts thus won by .">1 runs. JiiiisHAM-:. I his day. The early r. "ir- ii:»-i.I of Premier Nelson is r id. das p: <ib:.bk . lie has st;..t.ed lie i- tiiul of the laborious work of the e!":k-'.

1 !•• :u;t. This day. Insects are causing great havoc in the hop gardens.