The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-02-15

Mr.. y a. brake. Postmaster GENERAL
M the Qus,hHiand Ministry has juinsd
the Australian Ministry ~ iustinsstei
Nsucful.
A meeting VA. held NJ the Aft GALLERY
YESTERDAY to discuss how 90 pruittutt,
The memory % the inaueu alton W the
Commonwealth Mr. D.. bufauf rus.
rrstcd the rebuilding OF the swetfnns. 10
pavilion M marble Another meeting
viii be- held
creased railway trucking for coal my
aver that the trade VIII be iniurcd unless
the railway Inc 81 duplicated.
Tn 10 yesterday az men were enrolled
Tor the New south Wales contingent Tor
South Africa. and 80 horses were go
cured.
wan view to educating the children
In the distant parts OF Queensland, the
Government has appointed travelling
superintendent. lie will visit all out-of-
the-way parts, and where persons fairly
competent TO teach are found he Will syS-
temat ze tho work, and leave stocks Of
material.
a disastrous bush fire swept the valley
OF the Queen river, Queenstown, Tasma-
mia, yesterday, destroying cottages and
huts, and threatening to consume
Queenstown.
SYDNEY, Jan. s5.-Yesterday. at $50
y M, Rear Admiral beaumont told a
Herald reporter that he had received a
cablegram announcing the proclamation
of the King.
Immediately on receipt OF the news the
Admiral ordered tue flags to be raised
to the masthead and Royal salute
fired.
At Government House and at Dawes
Battery the Royal standard was hoisted
to the top. and the example set was fol-
lowed at all the public buildings and
generally in the city.
The Grand Master of the N. s. w.
Grand Lodge of Freemasons forwarded
cablegram of sympathy and loyalty to
the King, who IL Grand Master of the
order in England.
In Brisbane 1t mas been ordered that
the Royal Artillery Band shall cease
playing in pubic or at officers mess for
three months. that there shall be no bu-
gle calls or trumpet sounds in the bar
racks tor forty-elght hours, and that
Volunteer. Militia and Cadet bands shall
not play in public for one month.
a day OF mourning was proclaimed in
New Zealand. and business WAS suspend
ed from the north of the group to the
south.
Thirty thousand people attended the
church parade OF the Imperial troops at
Hobart The service was based on the
Church of England burial ritual.
Bishop Cooper of Ballarat has been
selected by the delegates Of the SYNOD
to be Bishop of Grafton and ArmidaIe
Cattle on the Lower Clarence are being
afflicted with blindness, and the locally
known treatments fail to cure.
The customs statistics OF Queensland
show "a failing oil in exports OF $4,000
900 for this year as compared with last.
In imports there is an increase Of 81,
900, 0OO
SYDNEY, Jan. 23-Sir Wilfred Lau-
rler, the Premier of Canada, has accept
ed Mr.. Barton's invitation to be present
at the opening of the Australian FarlIa-
ment.
Sir John Forrest has been appointed
Australian Minister for Defence, thus
leaving the Postmaster Generalshp va
cant.
In Brisbane man fell from a laduer
at a butchers shop. His wrist was
caught on an iron hook, and he was thus
suspended until assistance came.
The 1S-footeI DritanniS capsized five
miles off the Queensland coast, and the
crew of nine. after thrilling time in
an open boat. was washed ashore.
London advises that the ship Boutwell,,
which left Newcastle on October 20 for
Peru. Is ashore ninety miles south of
Callao. Part of her crew has landed at
CarriZal.
4 SYDNEY, Jan. 22-Poultry experts
from Australia have been imported into
New Zealand to direct the Government
export OF poultry from that colony.
A deputation representing the New
llebrides Presbyterian Mission waited
on Mr. Barton yesterday and said that
land had been wrested without payment
from the natives. They also said that
there should be an independent authority
to deal with all cases. and urged that
British annexation was necessary Mr..
Barton promised to communicate with
Mr.. Chamberlain at once.
Mr.. /. A. Isaacs. the Attorney General
of Victoria. has declined the offer OF the
Premiership of that colony. which was
made to him conditionally upon his re-
In State politics. He intends to
contest federal electorate.
A strange case of child murder Is re-
ported from Melbourne. A man Is said
to have killed n little boy of whom he
was fond by striking him with an iron
wedge.