AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2891, 24 January 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(l;y i:i.i:eriue Tia.KiutAi'ii —c ji'viucin.) MianoruxK, January 22. Till'. I'. ami 0. steamer Victoria, lias arriwil with one of her native crew snllvrhiar from a disease suspiciously like small-pox. She has been quarantined in consequence. St. Paul's Cathedral was consecrated bv the primate to-day. Ths ceremony, which was impressive and imposing, was attended by His Exci llency the Governor. and several bishops and derirv from tlii-oiigliout Australia. Jan. I'll. The Government have received a, request from Lord Knutsforri to report any infor auction they may leceive of tin- Archduke of Austria, who, under the iii<me of John Orth, went oil a trading voyage, to South America along with his wife, and who is suppose d to be lest at sea. Svi>Xi:v. January 22. Lll consequence ot thetloods, tratlic ill Xurth Wagga has bi'en carried on bv boats. A man name unknown! lias been drowned. The Murray has inundated the low-lying lands in the Alburv district, and many hundreds of sheep have been washed away. J auuary '2!J, Great anxiety is felt in Bourke at the prospect of another tlood. The Darling has risen 21 feet, and is still rising. ('apt. Cruic, of the schooner Handily, was shot dead at Alakiri in the Solomon Crop by returned native recruits. AIiKLAIDK. January 22. A lloyal Commission lias been appointed to enquire into the advisableue.ssof constructing a, railway line to the Queensland border. HuHAKT, January 22. The Federal Council is discussing .Air Shiel's motion advocating the oiler of better facilities for British settlers at the Xew Hebrides. Mr Macmssan said the Victorian Government was practically asking Britain to assume the sovereignty of the islands in defiance of an agreement with France. January 213. In the Federal Council a Standing Committee was appointed to enquire into the present condition of tho British and French settlements iu the Xow Hebrides Islands and the dis* ability attending the removal of native teachers from one island to another.