AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11512, 19 February 1903, Page 5

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright.

THE VICTORIAN REFORM BILL. (Received February 18th, 10.23 a.m.) MELBOURNE, February 18. ' -The Legislative Council has inserted an amendment in the Reform Bill, raking the voting qualification for the Upper House from £15 to £20. (Received February 18th, 9.56 p.m.) MELBOURNE, February 18. The Reform Bill has passed the Legislative CounciL The number of members j was inoreaswl from 42 to 43, in order to < provide special representation for the Civil I Service. I TYPHOID IN COONAMBLE. SYDNEY, February 18. There are 141 cases of typhoid in Coonamble. THE WAKATLPU REFLOATED. j The Wakatipu wae floated at midnight, and towed to the wharf. After discharging the remainder of her cargo, she goes into dock. RAINFALL IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Received February ,18th, 9.56 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 18. Good rains bare fallen Iβ the south and eastern divisions of the State. THE TOTALISATOR. MELBOURNE, February 18. A private member's Bill to legalise the totddsator was read a first time in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. N DEATH FROM STARVATION. (Received February 19th, 1.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 18. Two men were found starving in the Domain. One died after his removal to the hospital. LEPROSY LN SYDNEY. Indignation has been created at Stratafield and Burwood, owing to the discovery that a retired squatter residing in the latter suburb, is suffering from leprosy. He< built a private lazarette, attached to a new j house in Strathfield, to which he wae about to be removed.