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rain rs qursslakd. BRTSBANTJ. January 8. Torrential rains continue throughout tho State. SCENE IN QUPIF/NvSLANT) ASSEMBLY. BRISBANE, January 8. Tho appointment of the Hon. W. Lennon, Speaker of the Assembly, and a member of tho Labour Party, as Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland, produced a scene in the Assembly. Mr Barnes. ex-Treasurer. expressed strong disapproval of tho appointment, on the pmund that Mr Lcnnon had endorsed disloyal utterances made bv tlio Cabinet. lie added: "And now, forsooth. ho is thrown upon the State as Eicutonant-Governor on the recommendation of this Government.'' The Chairman ordered Mr Bnmes to ■withdraw the words, but he refused, and wns snspended. Ho left the House amid an unroar as a protest apainst the stifling of freedom of speech. THE LATE PTB EDMTTND BARTON. (Received January Sth, 10.IV> p.m.) SYDNEY. January 8. /The late Sir Edmund Barton, G.C.M.G., will be accorded a State funeral to-morrow. A WEAJVTHY ESTATE. flteceiTed Januarv Bfh. 10.33 p.m.) SYDNEY. Januarv 8. The New South Wales estate of Sir Archibald Lucas Tooth, who died while on active service in France, is valued at £525,571. Tho baronetcy has Lansod.