AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 7, 9 January 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Sydney, January 8. A rule nisi for prohiHt'on has b; en granted the a gen's of f,liftPr : 'z Recent Luitpold in cono-c ion wiih the Customs seal-breaking case, on tbs grounds that the information disclosed no offence, and that by the express wording of the Commonweath Act defendants were exempt from the operations of the Act, and from the operations of any law passed by the Commonwealth. The hearing is fixed for February 10th. Obituary.—Thomas Oadell, a wellknown breeder of prize stock and poultry. Perth, January 8. The Premier has been re-elected. The Denmark boating fatality was caused by a capsize during a squall. There were nine persons on board, and five managed to frwim ashore. Hobart, January 8. The State revenue for last year was .£826,000; State and Commonwealth revenue combined £954,000; and Commonwealth revenuo returned to the State £356,000. Brisbane, January 8. The gold yield for last year was 816,592 oz., a decrease of 146,597 oz. as compared with the previous year. The former yield, however, does not

include returns from various metallurgical works. Tbe Secretary for Minen explains that the falling off is due to tailings rapidly being exhausted at Charters Towers, where the decrease is 82,000 ex., and the scarcity of water. Received 8,10 2 p.m. Sidney, January 8. Wallace and -Company's boot and clothing factory at Leichardt, a large two-storey building, fitted with the latest machinery, has been destroyed by fire. Three houses adjoining were damaged. Over four hundred employees are thrown out of employment Owing to the somewhat serious illness of Sir Frederick Darnley, Mr Justice Owen has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant-Governor. Mr Chamberlain, replying to Mr Barton's protest against the suggested concession to France of the New Hebrides in exchange for Newfoundland concessions, says the position is unchanged since his latest reply in March, which was to the effect that no such concessions were contemplated. Received 9, 0.41 a.m. Sydney, January 8. Arrived, Westralia; sailed, Maraioa. Wallace estimated the damage at about .£20,000. Insurances are £14,000.