Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-09
AUSTRALASIA.
Arrival of the Pacific Mail steamer City


of Sydney.
The Pacific Mail steamer CITY of Sydney
arrived at San Francisco Monday night,
bringing Australian and New Zealand news
to August 18th:
AUSTRALIA.
The French steamer Oceanien, which ar
rived at Sydney on the 9th of August, has
been ordered to quarantine smallpox hav-
ing appeared on board.
All vessels from French ports are now
quarantined at Sydney.
The irrigation question is receiving a
great deal OF attention in New South Wales
An elaborate report has just been filed by
the Minister of Water Supply, discussing
the rights of the colony to the water in the
river Murray, the matter being complicated
by the claims of Victoria.
New South Wales has proposed to the
Government of South Australia to erect one
hundred miles of vermin-proof fencing on
the northern boundary, but has not re-
ceived favorable reply.
The Government of Queensland is likely
to conclude arrangements with an Ameri
can contractor, Mr.. Arnold, for sinking a
bore IN search of water in some part of the
northwest country to depth of 1000 or
$500 feet, the locality to be selected by Mr..
JACK, the Government geologist If the ar
rangements should be concluded the plant
will be made in the colony.
American residents of Sydney held a
Grant memorial meeting
Copious rains were falling.throughout the
colonies during the second week in Au-
gust, starting mining operations into activ-
ity.
Kerry, the alleged discoverer of gold in
New Guinea, was in Brisbane in August
lie has undertaken to join the party which
General Maclver is endeavoring to form to
proceed to New Guinea to show them the
locality of the alleged discovery. and asks
no share in the enterprise until he has yeri-
fed his story.
Omnibus drivers at Melbourne struck
during the first week in August on the al
legged ground that the companies had re-
fused TO employ union men.
deputation of fruit and hop-growers
waited upon the Chief Secretary at Vic
toria, August 18th, to protest against the
proposed reciprocity treaty with Tasmania.
scheme has cen suggested whereby all
the streams and rivers in the colony of
Victoria will be vested in a board of man
agement analogous to railway commission
ers.
NEW ZEALAND.
The tax reserves of New Zealand are ex-
hausted, and new addition to the prop
erty tax will have to be made.
The exhibition at Wellington is failure
financially.
Auckland mechanics have openly pro-
tested against the sending to England for
machinery for the new ferry company.
The steamer Kati Kat was burned near
Whangasel.
The Christchurch- West Coast Railway
now requires a Government guarantee of
y per cent. on f3,S60,000, and also a
guarantee of any deficiency in operating
the line. The scheme is denounced as one
OF ruinous terms and not to be accepted by
the Government.
Sir julius Vogel's motion relative to the
retention of the San Francisco mail service,
was carried in the House of Representatives
by large majority. He then announced
that it was the intention of the Government
to call for tenders for an eighteen days
mail service between San Francisco and
New Zealand, Auckland to be the terminal
port of the steamers. BY this arrangement
the New South Wales mails would be sent
on the Union Company's vessels.