AUSTRALIAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3507, 10 May 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(PERUNIIED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Bydnby, May 8. At to clay's sitting of the Wesleyan Conferenca of Australauia, the Kev, William Kolynock, D.D., wns elected President. ■ " ■ In the Legislative Assembly to-day the District Government Bill was introduced and read a first time. The Eailmy Commissioners. have, purchased Sogers' patent railway ballaster for £4OO. .

Tho Lubeck, from Bamoa, brings news that the American: trading schooner H. L. Tiernan foundered at Offan Island. Eleven native passenger were drowned, but the crew were rescued. Two small vessel*, belong ing to Mnoarthnr and Co,, were lost. with three lives, .'i'ho American warship Iroquois has been taken to America, The German warship Alexandrine had arrived at Samoa with " la grippe" aboard. At tho Wealeyan Conference tinquestion of the right of makim interchanges has been threshed out at

length, It arose through the action of tho Victorian Conference in giving the Eev Mr Edgar a circuit in Victoria, in opposition to the decision of the General Conference, which had transferred him to New Zealand. A resolution was curried, by 51 to 4G regretting that the wish of the General Conference had not been acceded to. Melbourne, May 8, The criminal charge against Dr Fisher has been abandoned. Brisbane, May 8. If the other colonies agree to the proposed postal reductions, Queensland will not objoct to join, but will reserve tho right to institute a ponny

postage by the British-India steam service, the latter proposal ouly to apply to tho sea route. Mr F. T. Derhain, PostmasterGeneral, has accepted an invitation from the Postmaster-General of South Australia to 'attend a. Conference at Adelaide, to discuss the postal reductions. Ho explains that his principal object is to bring forward the desirableness of a reduction in the cable rates to the colonies.