AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8226, 1 September 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

WEATHER IN NEW SOUTH WALES. DAMAGE TO SHIPPING. HEaVY F*LLS OF RAIN. Received August 31, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, August 31. After a stormy uight the weather cleared. The sea is* etill very rough. During the gale the steamer Arohsr baruped the barque Ulginshire, both being slightly damaged. At Newcastle, the steamer Oooloon was driven back into the harbour, after her deok cargo, horses and calves, were washed overboard. in the northern districts falls of rain up to eight inches are reoorded. Received August 31, 11.44 p.m. SYDNEY, August 31. During the gale in Sydney last uight the wind at one time was olowing at a velocity of 70 miles an hour. The arriving vessels met che full force of the gale, and had a rough time while it lasted. The Sonoma neared the land before daylight, and hovo-to for five hours till morning. The Victoria arrived during the forenoon. She came through the blow ail right. NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN SYDNEY. Received September 1, 1.17 a.n\ SYDNEY, August 31. Nearly four inobes of rain has fallen in Sydney. The sea continues tc be very rough. Shipping is largely sheltering. An early recurrence of the gales is predicted. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUDGET. Received August 31, 9.30 a.m. ADELAIDE, August 31. The Colonial Treasurer delivered his Budget last night. The revenue for the past year leaving a surplus of £87,000 after | £21,000 had been set apart for redemption purposes. The estimated revenue fur the current year is £2,796,000, and the expenditure £2'794,000. The produce exported through the depot reached a record value of £200,000, and the railway revenue was also a record. The prospects of the coming bar vest are excellent; there will, it is estimated, be an average of nine bushels per acre. The Government's progressive land tax proposals will be the same as last session. ANTI-GAMBLING BILL. THIRD READING CARRIED. Reoeived August 31, 9.22 a.m. SYDNEY, August 31. The third reading of the AntiGambling Bill was carried by 36 votes to 8. Members complained that under the amended conditions there could be no betting on raceoourses. Mr Wade said the intention of the Government was to drive betting out of the streets, and localise it on the raceoouree. He gave an assurance that the Government representative in the Upper House would have such amendments submitted as would remove ambiguity in the matter. NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS. Reoeived August 31, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, August 31. The Legislative Council has reinstated the Railway Commissioners Bill. DISCOVERY OF QUARTZ. Reoeived August 31, 9.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 31. i A workman, whil« opening a drain near the Bendigo Town Hall, struck some rich quartz. TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO . BRITAIN. Reoeived August 31,10 a.m. MELBOURNE. August 31. Under the tariff concessions to Britain, the duties on foreign goods have been raised from 5 to 10 per cent., hnd fixed duties from throehalf pence to one shilling. Mr Cook declared that the Government had torn up its compact with the people for fiscal peace. It was a proposal to build a higher tariff wall round Australia. He added thut there would be no response on the part of Britain. t THE BOUNTIES BILL AMENDED. FISH BONUS REDUCED. A NEW ZEALANDER'S OFFER. Received August 31, 10 a.m. MELBOURRNE, August 31. The Bounties Bill has passed through committee in the House of Representatives. The Bill has been amended to provide a total amount for bounties "of £500,000, extending over a period of ten years, the maximum expenditure in any one year not to exceed £75,000. The bonus on fish was reduced from £II,OOO to £9OO, and the bonus on sweetened condensed milk was raised from a farthing to a halfpenny, while that on powdered milk was raised from a halfpenny to one penny. The miscellaneous bonus was laised from i 7,000 to £9,000.

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Sir William Lyne stated that he proposed to divide the bonus hs far as possible proportionately between the various Slates. Regarding the development of the fishing industry, he aucounoed that a Now Zealatider possessing a fleet of trawleia had offered to undertake ;the v.-ork con templuted, and he was inclined to think that it might bo desirable to accept the offer in preference to building a special trawling fleet. STATE DtiBTS PROBLEM. Received Auguat 31,10 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 31.' Mr Daakin, the Federal Premier, has moved to ask leave to introduce a Bill to allow the question of the transference nf State debts to be submitted to the people. A BILL REJECTED. Receiv9d August 31, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, Ausjust 31. The Senate rejected the Canteen Abolition Bill. A BARQUE ASHORE. Received Aag'ist 31, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Augusi 31. The four-masted barque Sokoto, bound from Antofagasta to Sydney, is ashore at Mermaid Reef, five miles north of Manning Heads. The vessel is in an exposed position. A tremendous sea is running. THE SOKOTO SAFE. Reoeived August 31, 10.23 p.m. SYDNEY, August 31. The hazy condition of the weather was respojsiblo for the first recort that the Sokoto was ashore. A wire to-night reporta that the Sokoto was safe and was anchored a mile from the end of the reef in ten fathoms of water. Tugs have been despatched from Newcastle to tow the vessel oui. Received August "31, 10.37 p.m. SYDNEY, August 31. The captain of the Sokoto states that after a succession of gales for three days he found himself in the vioinity of the reef. The weather was thick, and hazy. Mountainous seas were running. Realising that he was getting in too close proximity to the land he dropped anchor. SOLUTION SCRATCHED. Reoeived September 1, 1.4 a.m. SYDNEY, August 31. Solution has been scratched for the Epsom Handicap. Reoeived September 1, 1.7 a.m. . SYDNEY, August 31. The withdrawal of Solution came as an unpleasant surprise. Almost from the moment the weights appeared she boomed, touching 8 to 1 during the last few days. The price lengthened, and there has been a disposition to operate against the whilom favourite. THE LANDS SCANDAL. Received September 1, 1.17 a.m. SYDNEY, August 31. The case against Crick, Willis and Bath continues to drag on. The evidence is largely a repetition of that given at the Lands Commission. IMMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA. Reoeived August 31, 8.40 a.m. SYDNEY, August 31. During the last twelve months New South Wales granted 419 assisted passages to immigrants taking £44,000 sterling. The enquiries are increasing. Forty-five booked passages thislweeb. Mr Robert Wallace, Professor of Agrioulture at the Edinburgh University, in a newspaper interview, said he could obtain one hundred Scotch farmers, with an average capital of £SOO, to emigrate to New South Wales, if land is provided equal to the quality of the Myall Creek Estate, and at the same price and on the same terms of payment.