AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 35, 13 February 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

FEB PBE33 ASSOCIATION. I (Koceived U, 10.58 p.m.) j Sydney, Feb uary 11. The officials sta'e tlut tho L tmoi* Cave is not one tf pi igua. .Brisbane, FoSruu y 11. Mr. Murray r»hnq'iishes the yoi< - folio oil RaiUaya aod becomes Fwt-m;ister-GeoeraL, with a teat ia Ui< Council. The Brisbane Chamber i f C m mereresolved to the Government to send a representative ti South Af icto enquire whether there is au tpenioi there for Queensland prodaetf. Mr.S 'dden caWel to Mr. Phi'p tba : Now Zealand h.s no intention of mak ing any conc<s?i*;ns to the E»ste:n Extension Cable Company, t'ur Agoiit.General has btfn requested to info m Canada that it ia pro* ab'e Queensland will follow New Zedai .I'.-irxnniple. (Keceived 12,1.2 a.ui). SYDNEY, Fd'-ru.iry 12. Dating t'.e burning of a h»u»-e a' Ltchardt, a fireman Roberts was killtd t'non li a floor rollapsing. Another firanian i juied. Constable Morrow shot himself dead en duty. Ho had been ill. Melbourne, Falruuy 11. To-day fceibg foundaM'im d>y was observed as a general holiday. The chief event was the Australian Natives' Aswciation demonstration atd epor:s. Mr. W. H. Williams, a Minisler, has b:en tl-i:reJ for St. Kilia the teat vacated by Sir George Turter. (Received 13, 12.29 a.m.) Sydney, February 12. Government SiatL-t, Fosberg, lueput-r-Gei eral of Police, and Hanson, Director of Craritiep, hav« been appointed an Old Agd Ptnsicns Board, Bwsbanp, February 12. The Government has deeidtd t( leave the question of tie E<st«rrn Ex tecsion agreement to the Pacific CaUi Boird. * Adelaide, F.binary 12. L ; f ut. F. D. Mm?, Fifth Co-it iiger.t was a JJince-Corporal in the First Crn ticgent. Ho j-reviously btld a ecin mltsion in the Na» Zealand forceß. {Received 13, 1 am. Sydney, February 12. Tho he*.fc wave continues, the whol colony showing very high registersi the in'erior with p-0.-trating humidit on the co-^t. The Broken Hill water supply is i uu ning short.