LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2770, 7 August 1885, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. THE POSTAL UNION. ASSISTANT LOCOMOTIVE SUPERINTENDENT VICTORIAN RAILWAYS. THE ABROGATING PROVISION IN THE ENABLING ACT. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. SELECTIONS UNDER THE NEW SOUTH WALES LAND ACT. PASSING OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL’S ENABLING BILL. (Received August 6, 2.15 p.m.) Melbourne, August 6, The Victorian Government has decided not to take any farther steps to bring about tbe inclusion of Victoria in the Postal Union. In the Legislative Assembly last night, Colonel Smith’s motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances attending the appointment of Allison D. Smith as assistant locomotive Superintendent of Victorian Railways was rejected by 33 votes to 16. (Received August 7, 0.45 a.m.) Later. Tbe Victorian Agent-General in London, Mr Murray Smith, telegraphs to the Government that the abrogating provision has beeu expunged from the Enabling Act. Adelaide, August 6. The Orient Company’s steamship Orient arrived here this morning, with London mails to July 3rd. Sydney, August 6. Sailed, the Union Company’s steamship Tarawera, this afternoon, for New Zealand. To-da}' was the day fixed for selecting lands under the Land Act, and a large number of applications were received at the Land Offices in all parts of the colony. (Received August 7, 12.45 p.m.) August 7. Upon receiving the intelligence of the passing of the Federation Enabling Bill, the Premier of the colony, Sir Alexander Stuart, wired to Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General in London, expressing regret that the measure had been passed in the form described, which, he stated, would prevent New South Wales from joining the federal body. He considered the title of the bill, therefore, as now a misnomer, and suggests that it shou’d be called a bill providing for a Federal Council for a part of the Australius only.