AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 216, 20 September 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

■■. , FEB PRESS ASSOC rATION. Sydney, So, U;iiber 19. The Women's Franchise Bill was strongly oppo*fd in tbe Legislative OouDcil. A motion to adjourn the ! second reading was after debate carried against the Government by 22 to 20. Seventy-three Esquimaux dogs have arrived for the German Antarctic Expedition. Received 19,10.7 p.m. Sydney, September 19. The Legislative Assembly has been sitting continuously since yesterday evening. discussing die Industrial Arbitration Bill in committee. Mr. Orjck announced tint they »ere going to put tbe Bill through, and if necessary would use *ffeetive means to do so. Tbey would not adjourn unless the Government w:;s defeated. This led to trou ; le, and the Opposition kept up a f-tonewall throughout the day. The debate was of the most dreiry description, no real opposition being raked to the main principles of the Bill. The closure had several times to be applied, and there were a number of lively scenes. Received 20 0,37 a.m. Sydney, September 19. The Hauroto brought the crew of the N rwesian barque Statbminster 'Sei'.aer. She sprang a leak m route fro-ti Apia to Tonga wish a load of copm. The captain desired to return to N«".»- Zealand, but the crew insisted on s'eo ing for the ueatest port, Nukualofa, i i Tonga. Entering tbe harbour sbo ftruch a reef, and was so badly damaged that she hid to be abandc cd. I» the Assembly, the Arbitration Bill passed through committee, and the House adjourntd at nine o'clock. Newcastle, September 19. Arrived: UmbalU, from the* Bluff.