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Kumara Times, Issue 2772, 10 August 1885, Page 2

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>—< [RFUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. THE COLONIAL FEDERATION ENABLING BILL. EASTERN EXTENSION CABLE TARIFF. PERMANENT ARTILLERY FORCE DISSATISFACTION. MELBOURNE OMNIBUS DRIVERS' STRIKE AT AN END. SMALL-POX ON BOARD THE OCEANIEN. (Received August 8, 2.10 p.m.) Melbourne, August 8. Arrived, the Union Company's screwsteamer Mawhera, from New Zealand. Mr Service has requested Mr Griffiths, Premier of Queensland, to draft a memorandum to be submitted to the various colonies, embodying their acceptance of the provisions of the Federal Council Enabling Bill, and Griffiths has consented to accede to his request. (Received August 8, 7.45 p.m.) Later. Mr Squire, the Superintendent of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, states that if the present subsidy be renewed for a term of ten years, the company will be prepared to make the proposed reduction in the cable tariff for Press and other telegrams. (Received August 10, 1.15 a.m.) August 9. His Honor Sir Justice Higinbotham has granted a writ of " certiorari " in the case of two gunners of the Permanent Artillery Force, lately condemned to a term of imprisonment for insubordination, on the ground that the officers composing the Court had Dot subscribed to the oath in accordance with the provisions of the Discipline Act. (Received August 10, 12.45 p.m.) August 10. The omnibus drivers' strike has come to an end, the men having adopted the recommendation of a number of leading citizens, who counselled them to accept a compromise on the basis of a settlement being fixed for payment for each trip. (Received August 10, 1.15 a.m.) Sydney, August 9. Arrived, the barque Antidell, from Wangaroa [New Zealand]. A case of small-pox has been discovered on board the Messageries Maritimes steamship Oceanien. The vessel arrived in Port Jackson twelve days ago, and the medical authorities are informed that the eruption was visible on the third day after the vessel's arrival. (Received August 10, 12.15 p. m. August 10. In consequence of the discovery of small-pox on board the Messageries steamer Oceanien, the vessel has been placed in the quarantine station. The case is stated to be of an extremely serious nature. Arrived, on Saturday evening, the Wakatipu, from Wellington.