AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 21, 25 January 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

MB PBBBS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, January 24. ' The Herald and Idegraph unfavou--ably comment on the inclusion of « proportion of Argentine in tho rrmy meat contracts, aid urge the newes-ty of steps biing taken to prevent tli« Argentine shipper*.' inteiests being served at the expense of Australia. The value of the opal" stolen frrm the White Cliffs coach is given as from £3OOO to .£SOOO. Tha Government haa orde>ei the demolition of a number of bous s in the infected area at Bushcutter's B-y, aid a renewal of precautionary mcasutes in the city and suburbs. The Bishop of Me'aresia consirbr? that Federal legislation <1 *'ing wih coloured labour will haste- 'he work • f Christianising and civilising the Islands. Returned Islander* carry with them the effec's of on a>,d Christian teaching. Pehth, Janiw y 24. General Hutton, tha Fdo i Commitdatit, has ar;iv<d, anr! , viewed the troops. He eulogised thn service of colonials in South Afri a, «ho were much compewd for by commanders.) -He trusted the fresh tioops w;<uld emulate the deeds of thei predecessor. Heceivd 25, 1,21 a.m. Melbourne, January 24. In the tarift' debate a proposal to place linotypes, monotyes, and kiiidied machinery on the free list is under dis ensaion. Bbisb »ke, January 24. Fino lains have fallen in the ceoir'' divisions of the State. Floods are rtjported in varir us directions.