AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 118, 14 November 1894, Page 2

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fPRB PBKH- *.«*.HOCI4TION' Newcastle, This Day, The Cardiff colliery has resumed work with one ihird of the required number of hands. There stem* to bo a disposition among the Unionists to accept a reduction in the hewing rates. { Sydney, This Day. In tho Legislative Assembly a motion tabled by Sir Henry Parkes, that it is desirable Parliament without loss of time resume consideration of the Federation question, was, aftex* a long debate, carried by 55 to 10. The Premier is of opinion the best way to deal with the subject is the election of a convention by tho people. The Local Government Bill aud Land and Income Tax Assessment Bill have been introduced into the Legislative Assembly. Tho latter merely provides the necessary machinery for collecting the tax without fixing the amount. Perth, November 13. A constitutional difficulty has arisen between the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly over the former's amendments in the Municipal Bill The Colonial Secretary upholds the Council's right, declaring that both Houses are practically Houses of Commons. Dunkdin, November 13. The annual meeting of the Moggie! Woollen Factory was held to-day. The report recommending a dividend of 7 per cent, was adopted.