AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1722, 10 April 1888, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

I Melbourne, A\.pril 6, | Arrivod—Mararoa. from the Bluff. The Exhibition Buildings ; are well advanced to completion, and [it is expected that everything will be i ready in time. The* annexes will be finiihed in a lyeek or two. The allotment of space for individual exhibits will commenca shortly. The Farmers' Protection Association have passed rt further resolution demanding that a substantial reduction should be made in all freights, and the? urge the Government to introduce into the colony a selected clasp of agricultural laborers *\nd domestics.

The eroction of a new fort at the entrance tv the harbor has been commenced. l',t is expected that it wHJ take eight to complete the work, and that the fort will cost half a million of money, It is now considered certain that the yachting party which left the port on | Monday last on a .fishing excursion hag been drowned. A passing boat's crew State that they saw fl yacht caught by a squall and capsize in the harbor on that. day.

April 7,

Tb.e Premier replying 'to the resolution of the Farmers' Protection Associa tton, expressed surprise a»t their demand for an export bounty and » reduction in the railway rates as well. They should, he i.hougbt, be alternative. He, however, f»vorkd a reduction in the rates, and i promiseoMbat a reorganisation of the Agriculture!,, Department should be i made ; also fWir x encourngem < mt given to the nse of Victorian hops. A fire broke outsat Heed's Cu&c Palace at Ballarat last, night. Thtrre were 50 lodgers on the premise?, most of whom escaped in their night- clothes. One wis severely burned, and another had his arm X dislocated jwhji]e_j>Bcaping by means of a rope, Hnif of the palace--was saved.

Sydney, April 6,

The child reported a few days ago to be affected tviih 6tnallpox died of the contagion to-day. Ho fresh cases have been reported,

April 7.

The plague of mice has spread to the GuudfK'M district causing gi'eat annoyance to me residents and serious loss to farmers.

Bailed—»Wakatipu, for Wellington

Typhoid fever is increasing in tie Broken Hills district, and 50 cases wsre reported to-day, Extra nurses have been Hubscribed for.

Adelaide, April 6

Goodfellow, the well-known athlete, who fired a revqlver at his sweetheart, but fortunately missed her, was charged with the offence at the Supreme Court. The prisoner alleged as his reason for the act that the girl had jilted him. He was sentenced to seven years' hard labor. During the trial the revolver, which was produced in Court, accidentally exploded, the 6hot narrowly missing the Judge.

Hobart, April 6. Arrived—R.M.S. Tainui, from Plymouth via Teneriffe and Capetown.