CABLE NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1068, 3 August 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN. j” REUTER—COPYRIGHT. J (Received August 2, 1.10 a.m.) BRISBANE, August 1. The Hon. J. Douglas will oppose the re-election of the Hon. S. W. Griffiths, for .Brisbane North. ' ADELAIDE, August 1. The steamship Patham arrived here to-day, and on entering the port was boarded by the South Australian police. The latter believe that four of the passengers are the “ Invincibles, Kavanagh, Smith, Murphy, and Kelly, but find it impossible to identify them. The captain of the Patham doubts the truth of the allegations. (Received August 2, 2 p.m.) HOBART, August 2. # The Colonial Treasurer made his Budget Statement last night. He estimates the revenue for the current financial year at £463,000, and the expenditure at £41,900, The surplus will be applied to the remission of 3 per cent on sugar, 3d per lb on tea, and abolition of duty on machinery. A now loan of £1,000,000 is to be raised for public works. MELBOURNE, August 2. The Argus has despatched a special correspondent to Madagascar to report on the events in that country. Sir T. Mcllwraith, Premier of Queensland, has requested Mr -Service to

summon a convention of delegates from the various colonies to consider the annexation question. In the Assembly last night, Mr Service, in reply to n question, said that he believed some of the Irish informers were on board the steamship Patham, but confessed that he was non-plussed what to do in the matter.