AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 39, 14 August 1895, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

NEW ZEALAND TREATY CON--I>E.AJNED, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. (Por Press Association.) AuEIiAIDK, August 18. The Budget will show tho exioonditure for the Colony for the year exceeded the revenue by ±9.7,000, making the accrued deficit close upon a million irrespective of the liability on behalf of the Northern Territory, This Day. In tbe Assembly Mr Downer strongly attacked the New Zealand treaty as antifederal, and likely to lead to reprisals by the other colonies. Several other members followed in the same strain lUr Macdonald, a Capo agricultural expert, considers that ostrich rearing will prove successful aud payable in the colonies. The birds could be depastured with other stock. Meu)ouenk, This Day. The mother of the child found in a lagoon has been arrested. She denies causing her death, and says she gave the child to a Salvation Army woman on Sunday night, and had not seen her since. In the Assembly the debate is going ou. The Stock Tax opponents claim it is an anti-federal impost, and causes great loss to trade. Amendments to reduce the amount from 30s to i.l per head on cattle and make it twenty live per ad val. was negatived. Iv addition to the oi'fer received from the local agent of the shipping company for the carriage of produce the AgentGeneral has received two offers in London. "With one of these the Premier is his/lily satisfied, and he is confident there is uo need to advertise for fresh tenders. The contract will bo limited to two years from next May, when the existing agree? ments expire. Sydney, August 13. Lawton, the fireman who was killed on the way to the fire afc Wright Bros.' factory through falling off the engine, was a native of New Zealand, and only joined the brigade a fortnight ago. This was his first fire. Parliament was opened by Cotn,tuission and adjourned after re-electing Abbott as Speaker. McGowan was re elected Lea- i der of the Labour party and Syne was appointed Leader of the Opposition. The Sydney Morning Herald, commenting on the Australasian quarterly banking returns, says that never before have the colonies had so large a percentage of coin aud bullion to liability as at present, namely, 4s 10.|d in the £, while the advances generally have shrunk. New Zealand and Western Australia alone show a small increase. This Day. Brown, who murdered his three children at Redfern, was found not guilty on the ground of insanity, and ordered to be confined at the Governor's pleasure. A meeting of old members of the Legislative Counqil, not including the Government representatives, has determined, hot to accept the Laud aud Income Tax proposals if submitted Avith exemptions.