The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-18
A ROW ON
OVER flu
Governor 0'Brien Must
Now Explain.
NEWS OF AUSTRALA ASIA
Coal Found N Central 0tago--
RUmors Of Gold in the
Rotorua District.

WELLINGTON, Nov. cS.--It is re
ported on good authority that 81
George O'Brien, Governor of Fiji. vii
be called upon, in consequence of rep
reservations made to the Colonial OF
flee by Mr.. Seldom, to explain an nj
legged SANDER recently uttered by lin
at a native gathering on Rcwa river
, On that occasion Sir George O'Brlen /,
alleged to have declared that the aG,o
Gates of federation with New .ealanc
were actuated by q desire to rob tn,
Fijians of their lands. which. he as.
serted, had been done in the case OF
the Maoris.
SYDNEY, Nov. 2s.-Thc Telegraph
in commenting on the speech OF the
Governor OF Fiji. strongly condemns
the use of such arguments and adds:
The plain inference is that the natives
are to resist any change from the pres
ent form of Government. Coming from
such a functionary, these views are In
explicable. No doubt when the affair
is reported to the Imperial Govern
ment, which Mr.. Seldom will doubtless
see to, steps will be Immediately taken
to inquire into it. That much the GOV
eminent should do, IL only in self-de-
Tense against this extraordinary alta, X
from the very last quarter where it
could be expected.
THE FRISCO MAIL. SERVICE.
The withdrawal of the s. s. Moaua
from the San Francisco mail service.
which causes n break in the table,
led Mr.. ]. II. Witheford, NH r., to en-
deavor to arrange for n boat to take
up the November trip. and in order 20
ascertain what sucCess he had met
with our represent" tive waited upon
him on Saturday. Mr. WithefOrd CX-
planned that the difficult" had arisen
by the Government car"elltrr the con
tract instead of continuing IL TO March.
which was the prorer date of terrliNa-
ton. He had bee0 in communicate
with the Government and also with Nj
Spreckels in the matter. w.t. little site
cess as yet. He said II the Government
gave a subsidy to the E"i'ieh vessel Cor
this one trip only. OF course the whole
would he solved He had rot
the slightest doubt that the whole col
ony would approve such n step cOns'd-
erinE that the Moana IL regarded AZ =
boat. and the circmn-
stances are SO exceptional. With re-
gard to the delay in the completion nr
the new American vessels no evD'aircd
Spreckels and Mr.. Cramp, tie
builder, had Informed him that they
had encountered tl'roe formidable diff
fCulties as under: "r'irst. famine Of
material lasting for three or four
months at the vow h0~'0~in"~ T'is
delayed and almost prevented the start
ing of the work. Second after we wc re
able to get material and had made
fair start--say in Sertewhcr last-the
strike occurred which 'a~tod in various
1e"rees Of vtru'erCe until the end Of
February. when work was resumed on
what MIGHT he termed normal scale
If progress. During NH~oh. hnril NAV
and the greater part OF June the work
advanced RAPIDLY, though of course the
effect of the delaV caused bv the famine
NJ material at the start and by the in
strike had a'renfv occurred
and could not 10 rn'0ndiod Third
hen came the terrific Neot of .Tnlv and
august during witch two r1onthe Il
has not been possible to achieve. In the
general sense. mroh more tNnn what
should have been done ut n FORMAL rate
II progress I'm ono month So th9t, on
he whole would GOV that in all the
history OF our establishment We hive
1ever encountered. IN arv one live Of
contracts. such n succession NJ dir'o,l,-
les and hirdrapces an wholly beyond
,ur control rs those which hive beset
rs during the CONCENTRATION of your
hree ships" -hucklard News.
AUSTRALIAN NOTES.
Last month con tons of kauri gum ar
lived in Auckland.
The new Parliament Houses IN Woet
australia arc estimated to cost $1,000
When completed.
The Premier Of New South Wales
avs he expects 10000 members of
rlendlv societies will march In process
ion at the swearlng-in of tho Govern ,
r-General.
The aboriPinals are causing trouble !
ear the Victoria River station. About
90 of them caused the stampede of n /
mob of cattle, several of which were /.
ilied.
AT Ballarat youth named Wr,. Par
v, aged II. while riding bicycle. roll
ded with n milk cart with great force
nd was disemboweled by the shaft. /
lie died at once.
During the recent food stacl; be-
,nging to Mr.. II. Palmer of Otakia was
Dated from where IL stood at one end
I paddock about 4O0 yards to the
ther end and deposited there Just 1s
houRh IT had been built on that SPOT 4,
he weight of the stack was probably
etween fifteen and sixteen tons. II
A contributor to the Hawera Star
ears that pony at Otakeho mas re-
emily developed Sheep worrying pro-
enslties and last week succeeded In
illing half a dozen lambs before its
was discovered. II runs
fter lamb, catches II In it's teeth and :
rops II again, repeating the operation
ntil the lamb Is dead. That pony has
cen removed 10 fresh field
A % lie