AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 216, 19 September 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

j PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, September 18. The damage over Marshall's fire is estimated at about .£20,000, which is covered by insurance. Three hundred employers are rendered idle. Sydney, September 18. The Japanese Consul has rrotnsted to Mr. Barton against t.hn Immigration Restriction Bill, on the grounds that the Japanese belong to an Empire whose standard ot civilisation is ho much higher than those the Bill proposed to include; and that it is a reproach to include them; and he asked either that they he exempted or placed on the same footing as Europeans. Adelaide, September 18. In response to * request made poVne time ago, the Adehide Cadet Corps received from Lord Kitchener 200 Mauser rifles captured from the Boe-g. Brisbane, September 18.

Tbe imports of the State for the vear ended December last a*e valued at £7.154,000; exports, £9.081,000. The Commii»sio"<-rs report that the railway returns for the year, ended June, show a deficit on the working, including interest, of £552,000. Perth, September 18. Tbe steam°r Rome t"ok po'd bullion valued at £521,000 for London, a record shipment. * The State of Western Australia, and the South Australian Parliament, have adopted resolutions deploring the death of President McKinley, and of condolence. Received 19, 0.83 a.m Sydney, September 18. Arrived ; Whangnpe, from Lyttelton. Sailed: Mararoi. The report of the committee appointed to inquire into the "tied tioupea "question was tabled in the House of Assembly. Generally, it condemns the system, and states that 90 per cent, of the public houses of Sydney and raburhs ere " tied" It alleges that Sunday trading, sub-letting bar», and other evils of the trade aro largely doe to the system.

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[PT!B PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Stdnet, September 18 Wheat: Hiiclr, prime, 2s lOd ; milling, P'iine 2* 11*: flonr. £f> 10« to £6 IBs; Vanltoban. £ll : oat". tiri'me N'ew Z'aland, feeding B2> 7d tn ? g gfl ; barley hest feed, 2s Id: Papo. 2s 21 to 2s 3'; maize. 9s 9d ; pesa, Prussian blue Ss fid to Rs9d: bran and rollard, SJd to BJd ; nota'oog. Circnlar Head*. £7 to (7 10s : Vew Zealand Perwenfg £R lOst/i £6; onieig, £l3 to £l4 10s; trotter. factor* and creamerlOd to Ud; rbeese, End to 6d; bacon 6d to Btd bams, m Mn.nnußN'E. Peptemler 10. Wheat 2s 9d to 2s 1 'MI; flonr, £fi K s: oats, prime *lcr«ri»n. 2s 7d t« 2* 8d ; b»rlev, ! prime. 3s fld ; maizi ">g 6d; brpn nn-' pollard lOd t,i IOJd : potatoes, £6 Ba to £6 10s; oninns £l4 to£l7. Rep'-ftmVr 18. Wheat, 5s 91 to 2s 10d : flonr. £6 Ss to £fi Ids; o»tf>, A'eerian. 2s to 2' 3'; stout, 2s «tont s 2* 61 to 2s 9d ; bran and pol a'd 8£ to 9d. London. R' ptember 17. The wool sales opened strong, with a 5 to 17Jd percent adra->ce.