AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
SYDNEY, Aug 7
Report of Railway Commissioners for year ending June 30 shows net profit, after paying expenses, to be £1,270,000, an increase of £20,000 over preceding year. Parliament opened today by commission. Abbott again elected Speaker. House adjourned till 28th, to permit of reelection of Ministers. Garrard and Carruthers already reelected unopposed. Labour Party chosen M’Gowan as leader for session, and decided to oppose reelection of Cook, Postmaster General, who was formerly leader of Labour Members, on ground that his appointment to portfolio was not made with any intention of assisting the cause of labour. MELBOURNE, Aug 7 Wholesale opposition is manifested in business circles against Budget proposals. Latest phase is that Premier has expressed willingness to withdraw Budget and submit new proposals if House disapproves of those announced. He thinks Income Tax and tax on absentees may be brought into effect earlier than was originally intended. BRISBANE, Aug 7 Wragge reports that rain and squalls are approaching N. Z. from the westward, and will be experienced south from Wellington. SYDNEY, Aug 3 Successive Hoods have almost ruined the Clarence river sugar industry. Strikes against new shearing agreement continue throughout the country. BRISBANE, Aug 8 In Legislative Assembly Glassey gave notice of motion to compel Pastoralists and Workers to accept decision of Conciliation Board to be appointed with regard to present shearing dispute. ADELAIDE, Aug 8 Premier informed the Premier of Victoria that owing to the latter’s refusal to refer boundary dispute to arbitration South Australian Govt have no optiou but recourse to litigation in defaalt of successful intervention by Imperial Govt, with which he is communicating.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 763, 10 August 1894, Page 6
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270AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 763, 10 August 1894, Page 6
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