Press Aeaoeiatlon-Eleotrio Tologroph— Oopyrleht SIDNEY, June 10. Constable Pearce has been promoted to be a senior constable for his bravery in connec tion- with the reoeut burglary arrest. Sailed to-day : R.M.S. VVarrimoo for Vancouver. Lady Hampden, Hons. Alice and Ueoffrey Brand, and tho Hon. Gathorne Hardy, the Governor's private secretary, are passengers an route to England, June 11.— News has been received of the death in London, where he went for his health, of Captain John Hall, marine surveyor of the Sydney Underwriters' Association, well-known in shipping circles. MELBOURNE, June 10. Frank Cook, the well-known jockey, was one of the men lost in a snowstorm in Gipps land, He leftOmeo to attend the Gippsland races and wandered nine days without food, leadiug his horse all the time, and lived on snow. He was badiy frozen in his feet, and his sufferings were accentuated by his feet being scorched in trying to thaw them. Tho Government are offering £1000 reward for a scheme 10 efficiently and inexpensively ventilate the mines. Jone 11. — Two brothers named Brown were crushed to death by a fall of earth iv a mine at the Woolshed Flab. ADELAIDE, June 10. Parliament wa3 opened by Commission to-day. After the newly-eleoted members of the Council were aworn in, the Governor attended and delivered the Speech from the Throne. The Government proposals include the erection of an nrt gallery to accommo date the present national collection and others, to be bought with the £20,000 bequeathed by Sir John Elder for the purpose. Law Reform and Early Closing Bills are also promised. Sir R. C. Baker was re-elected President of the Council. After holding out for several months, the Operative Bootmakers' Society have ad mitted their defeat, declaring the strike off. The men are seeking re-engagements. BRISBANE, June 11. A report compiled by the Weather Bureau shows that in many parts of the colony the position is as bad as iv tho great drought of 1883. The scattered districts, however, escaped, as water and feed were fairly plentiful there.
