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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1S90.
IT IS inst possible thit nftoi all thoiocont fuss that lias been mado legauhng letitia
tion and tho butli of an Aiislialian Dominion, Aushallt muy stand boloio tho YA oild conuUeclofpiematme jubilation Tai Le it fiom us to cast tho slightest ndieule on n centime movement mspiiodbv genoious impulses Avtstiaha, wo bohovo, is upe for fodoiation, and tho unification of nil the colonies ia tho nspuntioii of ovoiy patuotic lover of his nativo oi adopted countiY »So too wo nio assiuod (liol o aro, as is nlwavs tho caso in a gi eat national crisis men i anti j to toko occasion bj tlio hind and to ti ansíate tlio general hope into concieto fact But in histoiy man) osamplcs have been found where tho generous bl oath of national emprise lins been fio/enbv tho ice wind of selfish ambition, vvhoio lolomib on tho veige of leahsalion havo boon cheeked bj tho peisonaljoalousv ofthoaoto Yvhom tlio nccornplibhinont of tho retoitns avas com nutted It is not too much to say that nil tho 12nghsh speaking vvoild was stiutlotl bv bit Honiv Paihoss stheme of a giout Attsti than Dominion, and then charmed notât tho novcltv but at tlio itiidacttY of his pioposal Vttei foi v cars lrsohitely refusing to bask in tlio sea ol federal anntv ho stole tho clothes of tho lcdfial Councillors vvhilo the lattoi vveio
bath in J; in tho JLetho of commouplaco Hie question ioniums v\bethel bv tins niasteiitil anil adioit maiiajuMO ho will secure for tho accomplishment of a most desirable object the faithful and disnitetestrd assistance of thoso A» horn lie so shame fulls tltsvjoilcil It is an event thnt is OY troinelj dotibtlnl \ntl jet it vv ouhl bo a pits -Yvondious pitiful if the hopes of -Viistrnlm on the politic»! unification of the Continent weie once moro to bo do shod
to the ground thro igh tiie childish lealousies of letdois who ought to bo abovo tho pinions uvalrv of boatduig school nusse3 Su Ilcnrv Pukes lias spol cn vvitii that bithos of which he is n pist mister of' tho all concerning object of units but it must be *v nnitv nppatentlv formulated and die tated bv himself Ali Gillies has written that Vic omi) pol «îcians vveio piopaitd to vieiifico um thing an! cveiv thing to bung Sir llenrs 1'aikos into the fedcial fold, but it turns out that the offer of satri fico A»as viith a mental losersation In both s»e have illustrations of the dissidenes of dissent-a phia«-c oldei than Matthew
Vri-'old and applicable to other than theo I 1
logical opinions J i
Sir Hem j Parkes u professedlv an op i portun bt viid according to his own con ' 1 les-ion in noMiin«; i uro thin on this samo i question of federation A\ lucli had lain clos" i to his heart foi thutv years bi t which ho t SAYS no feasible chanco of pressing i until tho present mo nent Ignoring < the Ttdenl Council it is ma tci 1 or rec ""it historv that ho propos J u cm \ fernilee to d sens» or p">rhins tt would b3 1 more true to s tv to receive and r-dopt li s
cut und duel seh im for a Ft deni Go 1 vet liment ml a Dominion l\uhuii"ut
\\ *th bul 10 lnajiiamniitv tho 1 ading pol tíCiins m i-OAwr m the oth'r colo nts igrceel to the prircipk of a confère ico a id lo the discisoion of the brotid question of ft el«, ral nuits , a*id sanguine people dreamed that m a lew months then A» o Jd seo a Dominion Parliament
i Mitins-somewhere, aud dcettliUji tho des- t
tinics of mi Australian nation. History I repeats itsqlf. ? So tlio Germans wero de ludod by perforvid'aspirations for a united Fatherland," and so the Italians for a united Italy. No account was talton of intor-Stato jealousies and distrust of political loaders, and reform was for long years delayed. The unification of Australia threatens to bo indefinitely postponed by moan aud petty jealousy. After much correspondence it was agreed that a conference to discuss something should bo hold. It matters not for tho prosont purpose whether the discussion was-to bo confined to Sir Henry Parkes's rhetorically elaborated scheme of federation at largo. What had first to be settled was tha placo of meeting of the conference. Now, ns wo pointed out the other day, a Federal Council exists, mid has met for years nt Hobart, Tasmania, as a city pre- sumably outsido tlio sphere of con- tinental jonlousies. Tho Council will mo-it there this year, and tlio South Australian
Parliament is summoned on tho 15th in- stant to oloct their delégalos to the Council. What moro natural than (hat tho Federal Conferonco should moot in the samo place, seeing that its members wero to be identical
with thoso at the Council excepting tho j representatives of New South Wales, which j has notoriously refused to join the.Council *? I Although wo beliovo all tlio Premiers of
Australia wore agreed on Hobart, Sir Henry ] Parkes would have nono of it. "Any- | whore in the -world but Hobart," was ', in effect his plea. " Hobart is an ' appanage of'' tho Federal Council, ' and such a body I decline to recognise in ¡ any way." In order to placate Sir Henry ; Parkes the Premiers of Qneensland and , South Australia have evidently given way ; on the point. Even Sir S. W. Griffith has i stated at interviews in Sydney and Mel- j bourne that lio now favours the meeting at i either one or other of these latter cities, i But Mr. Gillies find Mr. Fysh tho Premiers
of Victoria and Tasmania are obdurate and i insist on Hobart boing tho meeting placo, i On this silly rock will tho federation ship, j which was launched anew by Sir Henry Parkes amid such flourishes of trumpets and tho plaudits of an admiring Yvorld, bo
wrecked ?
But even if this preliminary difficulty is amicably settled, another lias cropped up. Sir Henry Parkes is desirous tv at tho con- ference when hold shall bo open to the Press. Mr. Gillico, we confesn somovvhat to our astonishment, wants tho session to bo hold in sorrel, ov at any rntii in private ; while, according to our telegraphic reports from Holbourne, Sir S. "SV. Griffith is undecided on the point, though, with that peculiar distrust of tho Press, on some points so characteristic of him, the ex Queensland Premier seems inclined to ox cludo reporters from tlio conferonco should it over meet. Now, Sir Henry Parkes may be animated by vanity in much of his action, but ho lias tho instincts of a modem statesman, abovo all ho appreciates the influence of the Pross, and heneo his won- derful powers notwithstanding his won- derful weaknesses. The one thing which really concerns tho Aus- tralian body politic at tho prosont moment is federation, ami it is an insult to the people that when it is to bo discussed by their representatives such discussion should be in private. Ono would imagine that tlio proposed mooting was iutonded to bo a secret côn'clnvô uko the congresses ol' despotic monarchs and their diplomatic representatives of tlio old world, whose objoct was the fixing of tho destiny of nations without their knowledge or free consent. The timo is surely past, especially in Australia, for Star Chamber politics. Moreover, tho ovil of secret meeting- has been proved' even hore. At the conference held in Sydnoy, which resulted in tho framing of tho Federal Council Bill, it wa3 proposed by tho Vic- torian representatives that tho meotings should bo held in public, bul that was success- fully opposed by tho delegates of Ness' South "Wales. It is now matter of notoriety that the secret meetings fomented intrigues, that thoao intrigues wero meant to dish, and suc- ceeded in dishing, New South "Wales, and that when tho politicians and people of Now South "Willes discovered boss- they had boen cajoled they perhaps naturally washed their hands of the whole proceed-, ings, and would have thenceforth nothing to do with tho Federal Council. Tlio con- ference, if it over does meet, must bo held in public if tho publie uro to liavo any faith in its deliberations. Moro je-mitical reasons have never been given for secrecy than thoso imparted by Sir S. AV. Griffith to an interviewer in Melbourne. " The members," he said, " would fool themselves under soino restraint, while in privato conferonco they Avould not fear to givo ex- pression to views to which they aro not definitely attached." The object of con- ference is to clarify opinion, of discussion to arrive at truth. A conferonco on federation must consider principles and methods of translating principles into operativo acts. It should be the means of educating the people and of preparing Iho colonial I Parliaments for tho earnest and en-
lightened elaboration of whatever proposals
are ultimately brought before thom. Nothing ! of this can bo secured by secret session. ! We earnestly trust that Australia will not
be made the laughing-stock of tho nations, \
and that a scheme of federation propounded ' . j with so much t-clat vvill not be rendered
j abortive by a persistence in local and Í
j j personal jealousies, but that tho time, place, j j ¡ and publicity of the conference will be in-1
j j continently and amicably determined by
all concerned.
Î I ALTHOUGH it cannot bo looked upon as
: j entirely reassuring to ourselves, it is never- i . I theless encouraging to look away from the !
depression yet existing in Australia to tho ! ? ; revival of trade in Great Britain. As usual,
. ! the coal and iron trades have been showing ! j ' moro activity than any other branches of ! . ; industry, but the improvement under these | B _ two heads has been even maro marked than j ' might have' been expected. As a eonso ; ! quenco of tho expansion in this direction, r there has b?jii a considerable iiiiiatioii of - prices in all coal ami iron shares ; some, j . iu-Jead, being now exceptionally high, s ' although others are still somewhat . : under the high-water mark of lb73. . ! Fruin titi« it nnv bi judged til it Etigl.111 l's g in-v.ittf.-.cturin^ industries, which consume s ! her coil and nn.iip.ilato har ¡run, aro ,1 i bciouin,- ahead, and that every effort is if also Wing iua-1-j to increase their ontp-.U. e AeeuiiUng to t\\j Ujaid of Trade returns up y ¡ to the end cf N-jivmk-r last, the exports for t ¡ the eiest-a itiu.i.,i* bhowed an mercase over i. I tasse for the cui'rc»ponding period of ias>i
I year of ¿12,000,000 ; while tho imports had j
increased to the remarkable extent of 1 £40,000,000. In addition to all this evi- dence of prosperity, tho revenue, for the year is understood to show* a surplus of no loss than ¿5,000,000. Naturally, thoreforo, tho money market has been easing down, and tlio various roliablo assurances concerning tho peace of Europe havo exercised a further trnuquillising effect. Australian companies, and particularly minim? ventures, aro once moro becoming active in this genial financial weather, and tho past month consequently shovv3 a goodly crop of companies either formed, forming, or as yet in nubibus. Ono class of company which has lately beon some Yvliat in evidence is the exploring venture, and three companies of this description have further beon announced duriug the past month. Theso are tlio Australasian Exploration Company, with a capital of ¿100,000, which was registered early in December; the Agency and Exploration Company of Australasia, of which the capital has been subscribed ; vvhiio the third has particularly honoured this colony by registering itself as the Queensland Ex- ploration Companv, with a capital of i j ¿150,000.
' ! Other projected companies include the £" Foreign and Colonial Electrical Storage ' i Company, with a nominal hacking of . ! ¿¡100,000; tho New Zealand Petroleum i ( and Iron Company, with £35,000 ; and the
i South Australian Alkalino Reduction
, [ Syndicate, with ¿75,000. Tho Land Com i ! pauy of Australasia is about to issue " i debentures at 4J- por eont to the cYtont of i t ¿150,000 ; while in gold mining tho only ' i movement reported is the reconstruction i | of the Bluespur Gold Mining Company of
] Now* Zealand, together with the announce ' j ment of proceedings against Hume Webster
I to recover the amount of Yvorking carntal i guaranteed bj' him. It might almost be
j said that tho promoters of gold mining i ventures havo suspended operations for a i "»»'hilo in favour of a cloaning-up character ¡ process, Silver, on tho contrary, . I lias taken a much livelier turn in conse
quonco of the aspect of affairs at Mount Zohan, in Tasmania. The Tasmanian Silver Mining Company, with £30,000, and tho Mount Zohan Silver and Load Mining Company, with ¿275,000, have both boen formed to work in the same neighbourhood; .while the CoAvntihill Silver Mining Com- pany, with ¿'150,000, mid the Corona Hill Silver Mining Company, with ¿150,000, havo also entered the silverfioltls of Aus- tralasia. In anew of the largo number of Queensland silver flotations anticipated during tho current j'oar, these ovidoncos of activo speculation in argentiferous proper- ties cannot fail to be satisfactory to somo of our hopeful and successful prospectors.
But boyoud tho impetus thus given to our mining industries there is littlo cause for congratulation. Tho pi-ojectod Victorian loan continues to provoke opposition in London, which, if not speedily overcome,
may yet bo turned into a spirit of antagonism towards any further Australian advances. Tt is somewhat strange that Victoria, of all the colonies, should have boen so suddenly attacked. It must bo re- membered, however, that in tlio quarter from which tlio first opposition emanated very little stress is laid upon the actual cir- cumstances, of a colony, and much upon thr. rapidity with which a loan vvhon floated may bo unloaded in London. But tho financial assault having onco beon fairly commenced tho brokers found plenty of backers. Lord Carnarvon, speaking recently upon tho subject of defence, eulogisod Victoria rather warmly for her " unstinted liberality" with regard to military protection. This was enough, Yvhcn the state of.tho Victorian nuances happened at tho moment to be of grave consequenco in London, to imply extrava- gance, but when tho Molbourno correspon- dent of tho Times went so far as to
deprocato tho "excessive borrowings" of Victoria, and to suggest that in view of Mr. Deakin's irrigation proposals there was no security that the motley would bo spent on reproductive works, tho London finan- cial papers, being birds of a feather down to each pessimistic quill, bogan to whistle cautions to tho investing public. Finally tho leading financial firms in London oxpressed thomsclvos as adverse to the tloating even of a ¿'1,000,000 loan by Victoria, and have thus no doubt delighted the hearts of those critics who rightly ob- jected to tho manner in which Mr. Gillies brought down his loan proposals within a few hours of the close of a weary session.
Where tho Times' correspondent was in fault is just precisely where tho colonies generally join issuo with tho Cassandra-like
journals and lecturers who rire always t * writing Australia down extravagant, or j , shaking their canny heads when good faith j . and reproductivo works aro mentioned. I ¡ In this particular instance of the i ,, ¿'.1,000,000 loan it so happens > " that the entire amount is pressingly ; t required for railways; tho sum of ¿'1,000,000 a being for the completion of now Hues a sanctioned in 1884, and tho balance of | s ¿'2,400,000 being wanted to próvido for the increased traille. Thus tho timid noto of the Melbourne correspondent was blown under an entiro misapprehension, while
the writers who have followed up his lead ! p havo been extremely unfortunate in thoir I n
choice of a victim. For the position of ¡ s Victoria is really unassailable. True, she ^ 1' has been borrowing heavily of late, and is j d purposing to still further increase her I ° liabilities. But that sho has gone beyond a i . reasonable limit is absolutely untrue, for it ' " can never ba said that iv colony is making ! , excessive demanda for money when an j
actual profit is being made on that which
: has already been borrowed. And that such ! ' ! is the case in Victoria has been amply i ^ I proved by it searching- investigation lately i " j conducted by the Melbourne Argus into tho , e 1 whole financial system of lho colony. A1 6 ¡ looso system of stating pajinents and-,
receipts had, indeed, led to the publication r of misleading figures, but nothing whatever , e could be alleged against tho soundness | j of the finances as a whole. And ¡ c no English financial organ will be able to find any more solid grounds
for a contrary argument than that j on one occasion the Victorian, as indeed the Australian position, was very feebly de feutlod. It was unfortunate that Mr. Loader's paper, which YVUS road bt>for.» the Bankers* Institute of Australasia in May last, was allowed to appear as a formal reply to Mr. Billinghnrat's previous nblo livttire. For the weakness of? Mr. Loader's exeivise simply gave critics an opening for a little smart writing, which, levcllod as it was
d ! against a pseudo champion of our financial if I condition, naturall> assumed that what had
been hoani w as the best v Inch could bo said, and that the adv o-a es of ox
tierno caution were thercfoio victorious | Meanwlulo the present juncture is an anxious ono for our colons. Wo are also m the field, and our require ments are hkelj to extend ON cr two millions «.terlmg "What has been said of Victoria applies to us with »pial, jf not greater force, but as we hive not been begging si lecentlv as tho Southern colonj, wo ha\e foi tho moment escaped tho chaige Whether in the event of a with draw al of the Victon m propos ils, Queens land s addition to her debe w ill excite ndv er30 comment is a moot pomt, but .f such a contingencv do not occi i it w ill be a mittei for thankfulness on oin put that the pi escnt onslaught has been excited bv a colony pre ounneiitl\ fitted to deiend liTself, and able as »he event mav jet pi ove to extend to is the shelter of a fedeial wmg The stiong ponts m oui caso ai o I that the cvpendttme authorised is, w ith tho y exception of Í2J0 000, not nesv, and that
Queensland has show n herself more than an> of the othei colonies lealous of tho conti ol of her finances, and m such i spirit British capitalists must recognise their best
guai antee
A special ti am is ill leave Shnlev street at 7 JO this morning for Southpoit to enable the membcis of tho Cabinet to attend a meeting ot the Executive Council, winch is to be held at the Governoi s lesidonce this foienoon Hie letum tiain is ill leach Bnsbane at 2 p m It is undeistood that tho much t ill ed of icaiianpcment of the portiohos will be decided
at tins meeting
Messrs Alatluesan and Johnston Ballway Comnussioneis left Bnsbane ve toidny tienmg by the mail tram for S dncv and "Alelbour io on business co mooted wit i thou depaitmint llioyvnll bo'absent about a foitni0ht Mr li J Gi ay will conduct the bUime->s of the dep-ntment till his fellow coinmuaionois
îeturn
Hie Hon Challes Poren as membei foi the Bui mm d ¡itnc into viev ed the TUils ay Commissioners veste daj morning with lefercnce to the chci0o that lias lecenth been made loi comewng the childioi of lengthsmeu and othei lailssay employes along the line to State school* It appears that formel H tho childi on of lengthsmeu in dis tnctsvsh" etheieiseie no Stat"« schools weto allowed to tiavel "lotis bv lad to and fiom tho neaiest Stato schools A shoit time a¡,o the Ballway Comnnssioneis deciled toissi e pim lege ticl ets to íailway einilosiea and then wises md childieii 11 a conndeiable leduotion on the oidmaiv faies and lengthsmen s childi en w cío of couise included in tins ai lancement The lengthsmen on the Ahuy
boiough nnl Gympie hue« have =inco bi ought tins matter un lei the notice of Ali Povseis hence his pi e»eut action The Railvvav Com mmsioneis aftu considering the mattci, de cided to allow the childieu of all men em ploved on the îaih ay lines in etatuet* wheie theie ate no State schools to tiavel giatis ps foimcili to and fiom the neaiest school
A deputation consisting of the committee of the pioposed new Slate school at Bondi nie was mtiodueed to tho Minist<>i foi Public Induction (the Hon Challes Povveis) jo/iteiday morning bv Mi S til old, AILA ni the puiposo of asking lum that in ac
roidance v tth a piomiso mado the dcpaitment j
would have the land foi the school survived and pay tho expense of the tianafer of tho ptopertv Ali Posseis assmed the Icputatton that the piomioe would be earned out
The southern tiavelhng dan} will commence opeiatious at Redbank P'ams neal Goodua to day, when tho ait of cheese making will bo
illustrated
lhe tuno foi icceiving tendoiü for the supply of fencing vine foi tho Cential Railway has boen extended from the bid to the 17th Jnnuaiv, lb90
In Cnambei jcotenlaj before his Honour Ah Justice Alein the following weicadpidi cated insolvent -Pnhick Landy of Ipswich grocei , Joseph Louis Ben) of Bowen Budge neal Biisbuno dtapet, ni roi nut ¿attpcris 1 ust meetings of cieditois vveio appointed to bo
held on the 14th íubtant
Au inquiry into the accident which kappe led
to the labom schooner Ancl on the 10th of Doccmbei wheiebj she was dismasted, was commenced bs the JUanno Boaid ve.»teiday morning Onlv the ovidílico of the captain of tho vessel was ti1 on, when tho inquiiy was ailjoun ed until 10 30 on Alouday
Sorno few months back Inspector O Canoll summoned a \oung man named David Jackson foi lefusingtopay a numbei of cabmen then fi es for difioient hningo The défendant pleaded for time to pa-v the amount £0 Cs Gd
which was accoidingly giantcl Howevei, ftom his subsequent ac'ion it was evident that , I he did not lehsh the idea of paving the amount a j as oidered Accoidingly he was summoned to
show causo why ho should not bo sent to gaol foi neglecting to complv with the verdict of the j bench The summons was sit down for heal
1 tug on AA'ednesdav last and as Jacl.so i failed
I to put in an appeal ance the mattei wai dis
3 posed of ex pat U bv Air Alunav, the p esidmg , s imigistiate who sentenced the defendant to ¡
thiee months impiiaonment A vvai'ttnt has ) accordingly boen issued foi Jacksons oncst , anl he will con=equentlv havo to go to gaol oi t i satibfy the veidict of the couit
Tue addicss which was pieseitel some time agoto Captain VA v boin has been illuminated and in due couise will le handed to the lcci piont The work, which has been done I privatelv, has been executed ni an excellent rlruannei, too views, of tie Pile Light the f steamet Lama Cape Moreton and the light on j'lishcnnans Ibland, being especially well ¡j diaivn The bolder is composed in the main t i of cock1 c shells, with two a ichors and two
I buois at the top of the addies« In illuminât mg the a ldre»s oseiy attention ha* b-^en paid | to the cliaiactcustie» of a nautical mau and ' I the woik is enclosed m a huge gilt fia.ne
i Captain Diesar whose death bv accident m i ' the Centennial Paik was reported m our
Sidney tclcgianis on Tnur» iav is well known k both m Brisbane and Cooktown He was most
I earnest in his advocacv of vauoua Minplo life . saving app1 inca foi u^c ni ca«i of Miipsvieck, . and dunn, a ie"atta in the l'ois n leach here a
few ytai»a,o he gave n islubition of what 1 may be lone Iv the u e of fmpty bands r steadied bv lioneti --pai-, ! bel a-, outriggers s He sai ed about tne riser m o of the'C and
1 even to-ik hi» wife for a tu 111 ui 1 evphine 1 ^
to t íoae inteieated a va^Uioi t'i r deuce»
which he nal miented to support pesons in |
the water It is >=ad that lia ¡should at la*t ¡ have fal'cn a victt n to tue fite fiom slucli 1 e i had sttiven so eainc»tv and vve be lese ilia | inUre tellv to -»ave othei A.IK the nuttii in I
vinci he was (,ieatlv liteir'ttd was thoan j pc.tianees ut the «o called sta »eipei t which , HSV» been nportel by mai tit a nt intervals extending oie tuarn \i\rt ^s iin tiltia cattlin 1 c had seen «.uch rcpti e3 on itsc al occasiuiR ai d naturally îc <-n .-Ithci IC rdulity with which statements on the subjeit aie always u-cencd
In common w ith all suburban local got erning bodies, and even somo municipal councils this year, the Balmoral Divisional Board has ex penenced a great deal of trouble in getting in its rate», and last month decided to take legal proceedings against all of the delinquents lins v-as accordingly done \t the monthly mooting of the board on Thui sday half the corre spondenco consisted of mild reproaches, digni- fied piotests, and fierce denunciations, "Because yoat board has dated to issueasummons against me and to put a baihft into my house 1" Ono veiy indignant íatepaj er threatened an action at law unless an apology was tendered and the costs of the buhff piocess immediately io funded Another ratcpaver wrote an exceed- ingly funny letter to the effect that " Never be fore had so petulant an act reached him from ~f ' the Balmoral 01 any other board in Queensland
I as a sum nom in îates overdue " He regarded í such action as disgtaceful and hoped the day of
letiibution was not far distant Athen he should hatean opportunity of expiessing lus senti- ments moie tangibly
Urder the 49th clause of the Civil Service Act any officer now in tho sei vice may con tnoute to the supeiannuatiôn account foi past seivices, but he is îequired to give notice of his intf i tion to do so tvitlun six months after the parsing of the Act In order to prevent mis appiehension it may be well to state that the) six months dale fiom the 2áid September and not ist Tanuaiy (instant) Tnose who wish to contnbtits to the superannuation account for past service» ha\o thcicfoie less than thies month* to give notice in
A conference of State school teachers is to be held m Toowoomba on the 8th instant, which will be attended by delegates from East and West Moleton, Maryborough, Gympie, Rockhampton and Townsville A number of impoitant questions will bo discussed, among them being that of extra allowance to teachers in the Korth, and the establishment of a tiaming college for young teachers
A meeting of the Bnsbano Tiro Bngado Board was held at the Town Hall jesteiday. Theie weio piesent - His tvorship the Mavor (in the chan) Messis Putney, MacDinimul, Wakefield, and Wnlkor, also the secietaiy, Mi Savce and Superintendent Hinton Accounts to the amount of ¿4G5 12s. lid Aveie passed foi payment A request from the Bnsbane Volunteer Tiro Brigade foi a subsidy was íeceived and held ovei foi the pie«ent It was decided that the Hist premium foi the best de°ign for the new head station be aw aided to the plan maiked "Read», aye Readj " sent in by Mi H W Atkinson and the second to " Cms," Measis Ciawfordand Mann All ÜIP plans sent m are now on view at the Town Hall, and will îemain open for inspection all the ensuing » cek
The Bnsbane Volunteer Tu o Bngado held then usual monthly meeting in their fire station on Thursday night The usual inspection AYOS made, the men being complimented on their geneial appeaiance Assistant Supenntendent Jones occupied the chair An acoount for gas and lent was passed foi payment The secietaiy leportcd two alairns foi the past month, ono false and one slightly senous After a A ote of thanks to the chairman the meeting terminated
The ouhnaij geneial meeting of the Queens land Amateui Photogiapluc Society was held m the School of Aits last evening, Mi J W. Sutton m the chair The business of the ev«ung was the election of ofheers This re- sulted as follow s -PiesidentjMr J W Sutton, Y ice piesidents, Mi V B Hall, Dr Thomas L. Bancioft, secretniy, Mt T I. Lvons, tiea smei, Mr James J Campbell, hbianan, Mi. J C Garner, committee, Mi A. B Wnght, Mi N G Chancellor Mi W S A Hunter A Yoto of thanks to theofficeisfortheirseivices during the last j eai concluded the business
The concluding peifoimance of the military di mua, ' The Union Jack," was witnessed at the Opera House last evening by aveij large audience, who vveie not slow to show their nppieciation of the numeious fine points of the pioduction This evening Mr Bland Holt and his company v ill appear m " The Golden Lnddei," a stnrmg drama which has been a gi eat success m London and the English piovinces, and which will be staged for the first
time in Bnsbane
At tho Gaiety the pantomimo of " Tho Babes m tho Wood" continues to piove a great som ce of attraction Last night the theatre v\as eiowded m every pait, and the per
foi manco went without a hitch A matinée foi childi cn Avili bo given this afternoon, and the puces lo be charged foi admission are so small that the pantomime should bo well patronised
An amateur boxing competition for a trophy, m connection avith tire Brisbane Gymnasium, took place in the gvnasium building last night
The pioccothngs weio under the dnect control of the lion secietarj and a special committee, AY ith Mi V Little as tunekeepei, and Mr O Button as íeferce The attendance was not laige, but amongst those present weie the Hon J Donaldson, and Mr E J Stevens, ML A ><o entnes weie íeceived foi the heavy weight competition, but m that for A» eights 10st and under eight contestants took pait The rounds tv ere four m number Woods met T Bell, aud the lattci won Stevens met D TuheY, and Tnhey was declared the »îctoi C Bell met Dibbs, and the leitet claiming a foul, wkich was not nllowod, gave up the contest Smith met Bind), and the latter gave up In the final Tnhey, having injmed hu arm, did not come forward, and O'Leaiy spaired Yvith C Bell T Bell met Smith, and Smith gate up after the fast lound C Bell and T Bell (biothers) then fought five rounds, and the puzo was aYAaided to C Bell Dming the evening Powei and O Brien (piofessional=) gave a display of scientific boxing, and senioi members of the g»nmasmin appeared m horizontal bar and
other exeiciee3
A joint local nn'hority has been constituted unde. the name of the Esk, Walloon, and Tarampa Trafhc Board, for the pui poses of the Local Governments \ct= The Older in Council specifying the functions of the new bodv oppcais m today's "Government
Ga7ctte "
TI e followmg tenders were received yester day at the Public Works Oflice foi the election of Chaileville loci up keepei's quarters - Chas Aino'd, W Smith, J and W Gibbs, J Kenwick, W Hodgen, T, Shanahan, and W Atwell (IOAAest)
The tender of P L Moar, of Bundaberg, £072 10s ,time six months for the construction of a new lightship foi the Upper rials, Titzroy River, has been accepted by the Government The new hfhtship is to icplaee the piesent one, A» inch has become so leaky that it has been found necessarv to îc'ieve her with another ie=3el dunng the construction of the nevr light
ship
Over 12 400 persons tratolled on the tram : way lines on New Icai's Day, being or'} a j bhght increase on the trafile of any ordinary
Saturday
| Actne steps are, we liehete, bemg taken to
I mt io luce into Busbano and its suburbs the i Pu e\a sanitary burning process, which is | ahead» in successful operation in ]se»»castle, I New South Wa'cs Communications have been I addrfSccd to all the local governing bodies
lespeetmg this svstem of disposing of the m_htsoil, and Mr J. M Rooke, a director of the company, is in Buslinie interviewing the tuumcipal authouties We understand that so far Cs negotiations hate at present gone, tie levait ct his MSit is regarded by Mr. Rooke as 1 tnost encouiasins.
A house at the North Pine, owned by a man named Rodgers, who lived there with Ins wife and two children, was destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock yesterday morning Part of the build tng had formerly been used as a bakehouse The explanation given was that one of the children was sick, and the curtains were set on firß by a candle which had been placed near the bedstead All the occupants escaped w ith some difficulty, but their clothes and furniture were destroyed The houso and furniture were insured for £450
Third class engineers' certificates weie granted by the Marine Board vest«day to Dunlop S Muir and A R M'Ken7ie, both of whom weie examined at Mackay The master s certificate of H P Jansen was extended to Dungeness ,
The Norman Juvenile Good Templai Lodge which was opened a few weel s ago by Sister Watts, G S J T , held its usual weekly meeting in the Oddfellows' Hall, Caxton sheet, on Thuisday evening, Sistei A Waters, C T , presiding Three candidates weie piopo«ed and initiated Aftei a short addiess from the superintendent upon the benefits of tho temple, it was closed in the usual mannei at half past
7 o'clock
The Post and Telegraph Depaitment advise as follows -"Wakapuaka notifies mails for Tahiti, Samoa, Baratonga Ac , close at Auck land at 3 pm on the 11th instant Beine notifies cable Ti ans Atlantic and Easteïn union íestoied Zanzibar notifies messages foi Mauntius by direct steamet should leach theio by 8 a m on Saturday, 1th instant "
The Hope to Piosper Lodge of Good Templars mot on Thuisday evening in the Oddfellows' Hall Caxton sticc* Bio Bindet, POCr, of A letona, took the chair It was decided to invite thoPioneei lempeianrc Association to the annnoisaiy meeting hi o Binder ina shoit addicts gave an account of theoiderinVictonn andconeludedb conieyinp the fraternal gieitings of I is lodpe >»o 53 Ballaiat East Hie itc n on the pi ogi ammo foi the evening was a sim nig conti 3t lorwhich two prizes weie ofleied one loi * he sistus and one foi tho biotheis Six hi<-te s and fom brotheis cnt<ued Hie juage» a raided ti o prizes to bistei Blown and Bio hem on In reply to the vote of thanks ti e follov mg responded -Bro Bind« of Ballaiat Hand of ruendslnp ¡No 1 Alclboume Gohlen Rule, Hope of South Bnsbane, Emblem of Peace
A conceit was given in the School of Aits, ßouthpoit on Chiislmas Lve bv the Sun flowci Combination and in «ipito of tho wet weathei the hall was well tilled Ihe p<s foimanco embiaced a nniiaticl entoitamnip it ventriloquism a clanvoiant piinee and tv numbei of sketches and °on0 ko that the audience had no cou e to complain of w mt of vanety and thev weie well pleased with the amusement piov ided
It is announced that the Rev A\ Scott of Ihe AVhaif sheet Congiegationnl Chut eli will to monow evening pieaeh a "-pedal seimon to young men lbe subject chosan is ' Charactei " and it is pi oponed to i ive those nddies«es on the fust Siuid i* m each month All the young men puses t \ ill be invited to attend a meeting in the church on the follow
mg Mondas evening to dtbcus the subject of the piovious evening s addiess and horn his expenenee of similar vvoik in I a land Ali
Scott anticipate» excellent i°sulta finn these meetings
Nomination's for 'he annua1 election of the Clevelaud Divisional Boaid v ¡li be leceived up to 1 p m on the 20th instant
In oecoidaneo with tie invitation of the Evangelical Alliance piavei meeting-, will be held on each cvninf of the coming week in one or othei of the Bi cbane chuiches A umted communion seivieo will be held in ti o Albeit sitect AAcleyan Chinch on Afondav
13th instant Ene i meeting will benn at a quaitei to 8 o cloik end collections will be made in aid of tho Dunwich and St Helena Mission
Iheealamitv of the dav is tue mama foi shoddy goods that me dei r at am pue« Toi bound, good, genuine new poods which can be bought at leas, puco than io puil foi the shoddv rubbish go to Tinncy Isles, and Co s closing out sale of genoial diapon of all .?oil" cloth mp costumes mantles hats fnuntme and furnishing goods of all desci îptions now o i - [ADVT]