AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1872, 30 March 1889, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, March 27. Mr Soler, of Wangauiii, was awarded third prize for red and white wines at j the exhibition, j JL>r Rose, member for Melbourne North in the last Parliament, is instiI tuttng proceedings against the Age for a libellous advertisement published by [ that paper in connection with the pre- , sent election campaign, The advertisement referred to the recent diyorce proceedings in which Dr Rose w»s the co-respondent, Damages are laid at ' £SOOO. March 28. Among those who mte returned in the election which took place to-day w<»re Mr Gillies, the Premier, v Mr : | Derham, the Po&tmaster-General, Mr Deakin, Chief Secretary, Mr Nimmo, Commissioner of Public Work?, and Mr Bent, ex-leader of the Opposition. Mr Gaunson was among those defeated, Sydney, March 27. The report of the Rabbit Commission is ready, but will not be made public till it is presented to Parliament. With regard to the refusal of M, Pasteur to allow any experiments Io ba made with anthrax, the commission asked that definite experiments should be made to thoroughly test the effect of chicken cholera, M. Pasteur's representatives desired to expose infected food in a certain part of the colony, but the commission would not agreo to this until the other experiments had shown that the disease would spread as described. March 28. Sailed—Rotomahana. Brisbane, March 27. Splendid rains have fallen in many of ; the pastoral distriots, which have greatly '< benefited from the downfall. I March 28. Tramway frauds, similar to those in : Sydney, haye been discovered, and one ' conductor hag been arrested in consequence. It is believed that the Government havo been defrauded of as much as £IO,OOO a year. The Government have presented MM. Bgermont and Loir, M. Pasteur's representatives, with an houorarium of £SOO each in recognition of their sucj cessful cultivation by artificial means of ; the virus of pleuro-pneumonia. [ Hobart, March 27. ; During the stay of tbe Wairarapa in j port Sir William Jervoia inspected the defences and was highly pleased with thn Maxim gun. g^— — - v DEATH OF MR. JOHN BRIGHT. London, March 27. Mr John Bright, M.P., is dead. March 28. Mr Bright's death was painlesi. Mr \ Smith, Leader of the House of Com- | mons, md Mr John Morley, only made * a slight reference to it in the House, in view of the fact that Mr Gladstone ! will deliver a formal ealogium on the - deceased statesman on Friday. r Both the Home Rule and Liberali Onionist Press unite in eulogising the ; late Mr John Bright. The American Press are profoundly impressed by bis labors and cbaract? r. COLONIAL LOANS. London, March 27. i Mr Westgarth is ill, and Mr O'Halloran read his paper on u Colonial Loans " for him at tbe meeting of the Colonial Institute, During the discussion w'hich followed Sir G. Berry, referring to the outlay on defence by the colonies, said that Melbourne wnp now one. of the strongest cities in the Km pi re against »n oppn f" e - Sir G, BadenPowell showed that British investors now greatly preferred colonial to foreign securities, tie considered that it was imperativß that trustees stiould he permitted to invest in Colonial Government securities. Sir F. D. Bell paid that money invested in railways in the colonies ought to be regarded as a British investment as much as though it were lent to Yorkshire. He denier 1 that discount loans were preferable. Mr G. W. Hawker said that South Australia had borrowed too fast. Tbetrans-continnntal railway was not reproductive ami passed chiefly through a barren waterless country. The facility for borrowing encouraged ihe existence of the unemployed and the system of pat«ina! Government. Mr Speight, the Victoriau Railway Commissioner, denied that Australia possessed a national debt in the European sense, and censured Mr Hawker for foulinj bis own nest. Tbe trans-cou-I'tnental line was directly profitable and opened up a valuable country in South Aust'alia. Despite tbe existing depn'S. -sion it easily paid interest on the cost of construction. Ho added that a syndicate coulc bs formed to-morrow to purchase tho Victorian railways for the sum that ! they bad cost to build. Mr Dangnr ■ said that a syndicate could also bo I formed to purchase the railways af New South: Wales on similar terras. Skinny Msn.—" Walls' XistUbh Benowa? " i< restores health, and vigor, cures Dyspepsia. I ImuotoHoe, Soiaal Debility. At Ohemists f ancDrtiggiita. Kempthorne, Vwsw and I Ooj, Agi >nt», Oh ristchurob, 2