AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 14, 18 January 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

[p;;r press association.] Received 17, 9.9 a.ni, Si'DNET, January 17. Mr. Bar! on visited the Sierra, ccc?mpanied by tha Araewii Consul, Mr. J. ri. Witheiord, and a Lumber oi business men. Keplying to the t"W of his health, tho Federai Prem-'e:"l > tVircd to the friendship existii j; between Great Britain and Amtrk-.i Although Australians should first cb'isi'er their own advantage, Araei-ieaii inter s s came nest, and ho hi d no doubt t'. e kindly sentiments exbilitiq b tween Austrcli:\ ,vd America v. iulrl be increased as the c mntries e-me i«to oloser connection. lie prop: sod th.\ health of ti:e 0 eauicCorapaud, and wel- j •'oraetl the first \~e. sei iu the connectiiv;! link between English-speaking peoples !of tho Pacific. Tilts American Consul j expressed the opiui.-m t.luit the Navigation Law would be loucd to bo an in • just;cp, nnu that vepre ontation to America would f;e' the matter remedied m t-ia.e. Mr: Witheford toasted the Union Co. The Rev. Mr. Dunn has been nominated as successor to the lato Bishop Bryrne.

Brisbane, January 17. Mr. Seddon, aboard the Government yacht Lueind.i, welcomed tho troops. At a banquet last night Mr. Seddon sta f ed that he was endeavouring to arrange for a direot se-rn service between Queensland and New Zealand. He proposed success to Queensland. Mr. Phillip, replying, said if the request for 10,000 troops referred to in prescab'es was correct his Stite would contribute its quo'a. A riot of South Sea Islanders and Manila men occurred on Thursday Island. The formor attacked the latter with sticks snd stones. It is reported that one South Sea Islander was killed, and several are in a precarious condition. The Inlanders afterwards wrecked a jeweller's sh p. The military are in readiness in cass of a further outbreak.