AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 232, 9 October 1901, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Co pyrigh Sydney, Oct. 8. 3lr Sec, referring to the attiiuhe of the Legislative Council to labor legi.-lation, declared that it had no right to interfere with the will of the people, if it had that light, the sooner it was abolished the better. The Federal Franchise J till provides for the suffrage of women. Mr Burton hopes to bring the first session of the Federal l’ailiamcnt to a close by Christmas. Adelaide, Oct. 8. General Hector Macdonald received a. warm welcome. The steamer Ismailta picked up the steamer Paroo, with a broken shaft, and safely towed her bdO miles to port. Perth Oct. 8. A Select Committee on the meat trade adjourned to the loth to enable a New Zealand expert to give evidence. Brisbane, Oct. 8, The Kanaka Pill has raised a storm of indignation in Queensland. The Premier lias addressed a strong letter to Mr Burton, in which lie says that, notwithstanding the indications of the probable policy of the Commonwealth Government on the subject, Queensland was not prepared for legislation so summary and drastic as that contemplated. lie considers it most extraordinary that legislation superseding all Queensland Acts, passed after careful consideration by successive Governments, should be drafted without consulting the Government of the State most concerned.