AUSTRALIAN SUMMNARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 259, 2 November 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMNARY.

PEE PRE-S ASSOCIATION. Sydney, November 1. The Legislative Council excluded persons in domestic employment from the operation of tha Industrial Arbitration Act. The birque Crocodile lias arrived after a tempestuous voyage, during which the carpenter, rlobert Frazer, and a seaman named James Began wt re washed overboard and drowned, and two mote of the crew were seriously injured. | The Cafe cable authori'i's notify tha 1 -. t'nry will be open for traffic from to day. The rates to Great Britain and other counti ies remain as heretofore, but those to South Africa are mat< rially reduced, Mklbourhe, November 1, The State Assembly negatived a I proposal to fix rid age pensions at 7a j weekly, and fixed them at Bs. A conference of Federal Ministfrsj and State Premiers to discuss the Pro-j perty Acquisition Bill, carriage of mail?, State railway control, New Guinea, and other important matters, is fixed for this afternoon. Perth, November 1, The Villa de Rouen is atot il wreck, and the crew have been brought to FreemantK The barque went ashore in thick weath'r. Fremantle, November 1. Among the Omrah's passengers from Lmdon are Sir Arthur Havelock, the new Governor of Tasmania, and Archj bishop Kelly, coadjutor to the Arch- ! bishop of Sydney. 1 Adelaide, November 1. 1 In tke Asesmbly a statement was mide in connection with the produce depit tViat the manager was not allowed to mn it on business line", and that the five expert butchers brought from New Zealand, had, owing to political influence to be sent back.