AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 121, 17 June 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION'. Received IU, 9.35 a.m. Sydney, JuselS. The ship St. David has arrival at Newcastle from D.lago\ Eay. Eight of the crew ojt of tvv lve, and the chief offiesr, are down with nwlaiial fever. One died. The tularin of the crew had a haid time working the ship and attending to the sick. Received 15, a.m. , Sydxey, June 15. The Board of Experts oppointed to enquire into the Sydney railway accident pre unanimously of opinion that the accident was due to exces-ive speed, the engine not bjing suitable for high speed or the line which at and near the point of derailment was not in good order. Melbourne. June 15. Mr Lewis, the Tasmsnian Pieaiier, wired Mr Barton emphatically protesting agaicst the clause in the Postal Bill which dea's with the carriage of mrl mitter. With • eferecce to sweeps he claims thit the Federal Parliament his no power to pass laws leguliting gambling there, and that it would b9an ii.f ingemeutof Stiterigh's to attempt to ovur-ride legislation under which rer'ain lotteries are legalised in Tasmania. Receive'' 16, 5 11 a.m. Melbourne, June 16. L-Td Hopatoun has r. c ived a despatch through the Imperial scretary to the war office wherein Lord Roberts conveys to the GovercorGaneral his high appreciation of the work of commanders and staff's of the various Australian colonies io organising and despatching over 15,000 troops to South Africi. He adds that the promptitude wi h which the contingents were rendered available through the way they wera equipped ieffected much credit on all concerned, and was, in his opinion, as de : erviog of acknowledgem9Dt as thegallantconduct of tie Australian troops. Received 16, 5.4 p.m. Sydney, June 16. Sailed, yes f erday: Westralia. Melbourne, June 16. Mr. FHd, Secret ary of War, in a letter accompanying the despatch containing Lord Roberts' message, fays the Impei i-1 Government fully coqcurs with L>rd Riberts in bis appreciation of tha spirit shown, and the wlmirable work done by their fellow subjects in Aus'ralia. Mr. Barton forwardei the d spatch to the Premiers of the various S?»'es