AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 119, 14 June 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

PBK PUES'J ASSOCIATION, e Received 18, ',1.30 a.m. JSydkey, June 13. §The Premier, in tiro course of iispeech last night, denied any con-put wiih the Labour Party in connect on with tiie forthcoroii g <lections. Melbourne, June 13. During the debite"on Supply, seme f tha Government appointments of Federal officials were strongly cohlernu" din the Serai e. A petit : on waj p:esented from Tasmania io favour of the suppression of Tattersall'.s sweeps. Mr Keating (Tas:nani") said if sweeps were driven out of Tasmania they would probably go to New Zealand or Hong-Kotjg. At a meeting of the. Commonwealth (jibouc party, Mr Watson (New South Wales) was o'ecto 1 leader in tho House, :nd Mr McG'egor, Australia) in the Sen i<e. Received 13, 9.41 a.m. lIoniRT, June 13. Mr. Philp, Queensland Premier, return- d by thy Papanni. PmtTH, Juno 13.

Tho rremioi' lias outlined th? G>veriiinen''s programme. The keycote is economy, In view of a probable deficit ;i,r the end r,f tho year anvun'ing to £40,000, the Government would not undertake any more new railway or other public work-!, They would hive to borrow ovor three millions t > comple'e works in hand, and eqirp the rolling s'ock. He promised legislat : on insluding re distribution of seats according to population, reduction of number of members, and transcontinental railways. - Received 13, f1.30 a.m. Sydney, June 12, At the Town lIhII demonstration the Premier announced that afrer provid ing 4,000, for cost of the Pudeinl celebrations, and other cx ! ra expenditure, the revenue of thr State wouid cover the expenditure proper of the year. Melbourne, Jure 12. In the Hoire the Supply Bill paesed all stages without further amscdments. The Post aud Telegraph Bill was introduced. Tho debate cli'efly dealt with questions cf sweeps, against which the Bill proposes to close post offices.