AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 168, 30 July 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

♦ PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION, SYDNKT.JuIy 29. The weather is bitterly cold, and snow is falling io the country districts. Sir George O'Britn, Governor cf Fiji, leaves for Brisbane en rouee for England. He declines te make any statement as regards Fiji affairs. Adelaide, July 29. The troopship Britannic is still quarantined, and has 80 cases of measles aboard. The SWe is undergoing a unique experience in the sbape of the firs'; known fall of snow throughout the country anl a slight fall in the city. The Melbourne express ploughed through 50 miUs of snow-covered country. Albany, July 29. The collier Willyama had a perilous experience. She lost her propeller on the voyage from Newcastle, and drifted about for fever al days, getting in cloie proximi'y to the Pollock E ef. The crew were prepared to leave when thr Marie came in sight and towed her .o Albany. I Received 29, 10: M pm. I WisniNGXu.., July 29. I Secretary Hay is irr&ted at Ch'li not I sending a roprrsentativa to the psu-' Anglican (? American) Congress unless dixcussion of ber retention of Peruvian provinces is barred. There are indications that Chili objects to the intelog9 of Monroism. Received 29, 1035 pm. London, July 29. There are persistent reports tbat the New York iron strike has ended in a compromise. At the Tuberculosis Conference Herrs Yucbow and Henbuer, German scientists, agree that tubercolosis is not hereditary; but tbey dis=ent fiom the theory that Bovine tuberculosis is net transmifsible to humin beings. In the House of Commons Mr. Outlier's Pure Beer Bill was withdrawn, having been blocked in commitcee. Received 29,10.26 p.m. Rome, July 29. Signer Grifpi, ex Italian Preumr, is in a critical state of health. Received 29.10.35 p.m. New Yoke, July 29. Admiral Cervera, interviewed interviewed by the New Yi>rk Journal, has testified to Schley's palour and the excellence of Ivs tactics. Schley has ssked the Naval Department to request Admiral Cet vera to give evidence before the court of enquiry, Received 30, 1.13 a.m. Sydney, July 29. Many portions of thi ranntry have experienced scow, for the first time on record. Peeth, July 29. An ex-policeman, formerly stationed in the district, has given the press details of gross crul'ies prepetrated by whites on aboriginals, many ef whom were flogged on (he slightest pretext, and o'herwis9 shockingly treated. An enquiry is called for. The Royal Arthur has returned, after e«cortiog the Ophir 200 miles to sea, where the Juno picked her up.