LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Kumara Times, Issue 3098, 7 October 1886, Page 2

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

j [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] i By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ? »••• J PROPOSED IMPERIAL INSTITUTE IN LONDON. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COLONIES. REJECTION OF THE NEW SOUTH E WALES LAND TAX BILL. DEFICIENCY IN NEW SOUTH 5 WALES REVENUE. ■ STATEMENTS BY CAFFREY. I (Received October 6, 2.20 p.m.) i Melbourne, October 6. The West Australian Government offered to contribute £SOO towards the proposed Imperial Institute in London. This South Australian Government expresses its inability to contribute, 1 because the expenditure would interfere with the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition. Mr Gillies, Premier of Victoria, proposes a joint contribution by the Australian colonies of £20,000. The steamship Hauroto left this afternoon, for the Bluff. s (Received October 7, 1 a.m.) Sydney, October 6. i In tbo Legislative Council to-night, i the Land Tax Bill was thrown out by ; 25 votes to 7. 1 (Received October 7, 12.15 p.m.) October 7. In the Legislative Assembly last night the Colonial Treasurer stated that he estimated from the revenue now being realised there would be a defi. , ciency at the end of the financial year of over two millions, and lie announced that the Income and Land Tax Bills would ba resubmitted to Parliament next session. Caffrey has made a statement that he expected to read) America, bur Wa « driven to iiie Australian coast by a series of gales. He fin ther assert* that ?enn and the woman were drowned bv (be capsizing of the bent. [Per s.s. Waihora, at the Bluff.] I Meluourxe, September 28. The Government has sent a letu-r to Sir Wm, Stawell, late Chief Justice, tecording their sense of the great services he iif.s rendered the country, s,nr] I eulogising his ability, industry, and ; peramul intc-i'ity in glowing irims. i Efforts am being made by the J priaODer Lawrence, who shot Mr

Finlayson, Secretary of the Hobson Bay Railway in 1879, to obtain his release. Preparations are being made to give a formal welcome to Mr George Coppin. M L A., on his return from Europe. Peter Campbell, well|known throughout Australia as a bush missionary, was killed on the St. Kilda railway yesterday, while under the influence of drink. Sydney, September 27. The Sydney Morning Herald has received a telegram from T. Colin, dated Coppins' Gully, Kimberley Goldfields, August 12th, which states that the diggings are a complete failure; one pennyweight per day being considered a good find. Nombers are leaving daily, and at present about 800 are on the field suffering great hardships and misery. Some of the finest men and the most complete outfits evet seen are now on the ground. The trial of the men charged with the Mount Rennie outrage is going on but the proceedings are not made public. At the criminal Court R. S. Gregory and Charles Aylward were sentenced to five and three years' imprisonment respectively, for fraudulently uttering cheques. Gregory was formerly a Bank clerk in Victoria. He left his clothes on the banks of the Yarra, leading his friends to believe he had committed suicide.