AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 21, 22 January 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

(PUB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (Keccive.l 2!, 0.55 am.) Sydney, January 21. Mr. Barton';* reference to white Australia caused concern in Queenslard. Mr. Barton explains that he had no intention to stop the Kanaka t'affic immediately, sHbough he would bo glad to do no if it. cau'd be done with justice. He considr-red it a duty to abolish the traffic within a fow years. A letter received from Mr. H. Furlong, a New Zealander, who is labouring i)S a mitsiouary at Malekula, states that the French claim the whole of South Malekula and the small islands on that, coast, including the island where Furlong is sol tied. Two agents of theFronch Trading 0 irapaoy ordered Furlong to leave. He declined. Later on during his absence the agents rsturned with twelve armed natives, broke open the hut and removed much of Furlong's effects. They also left a warning that if he had not cleared out before January Bth they would come back and kick up a row. Furlong's letter records the deith of Mrs. McKenzie, formerly of Dunedin and . stationed with her husband at Malekula, I as a result of fever.

Melbourne, January 21. A man nanud Holland murdersd an ii.f-int nanvd G«icl\ at North Melbourne. Mrs. Goach is living apirt - fiom her husbind. Holland was • formerly employed to watch her manner of llv'ng bur. became enamoured. In his pocket wne found a document stat- j ing that tbo act committed would benefit Mrs. Goach to the extent that there would be one less to provide for out of the pittance allowed by her husband. A block of biisiiie?s places has bsen (burned in Gc-eioKg. The damage is estimated at .£16,000. Mr JJeM has returned from Tasmania. He pharacterises Mr Barton's fiscal policy as milk m& water, a mere string of platitudes. lion. Mr Isaacs hi\s decided for F. deral honors. The Hon. Mr Peacock therefore beeon.es State Premier. (J he 'to hold a review of the Imterinl tr.:<p* bos been abandoned, Colonel Wycdhsm considering it imIpraciicable f<:r tin mm to march the struts on Saturday and Monday next.