AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 59, 21 February 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PER PIUS3B ASSOCIATION. Sydney, February 20. . A large and enthusifs'ic demonstration at Newc«s'l<> expressed confidence ia tbe Government's war policy and repudiated the slanders on 'h« army. In rPiporse to representation* from the churches the P em'Vr has appointed the 26tb a dny of pray r for rsnn. Four hundred emp'o-'ps ' "v» Wn thrown ont of emplnvmen" 'h rough the closing of Her M-jes'y's Theatre. Everywhere in the eity and suburbs [great an'ivitv is shown to prevent tbe plague getting a s°riru« hold. Melbourhe, Februnry 20. Mr Bevnold*, Pacific caM« manegor, has conferred with tbe P 'Rtal authorities »*?tb r»g*rd to rates. The rates on the N r w Zealand section of tbe Pacific cable are not ready yet for publication, bu k it is understood they will be practically the same as those now changed by the Eastern Extension Company. Mr brought several skilled telezraphiste, and also proposes to establish a training school} at S"utbpo't, Queensland, for Aus-! tralian rwruits. ( Received 20, 10.S9p.rn. j PEnTH, February 20. i Parliament i« prorogue. ! Melhourke, February 20. | A verdict of suicide was re tinned in 1 the Latham caw. I Rrcaivert 21, 0.52 n,.ra. Sydj-ey, Fobruavy 20. A man ramed Watki r p, of Red f ern, employed in Stissex-Ftreet, is plagued. Another nrpioious case ; h reported at Miller's Point. The patient Hilder deed. Brisbane, February 20. A youth name! Bum* is plagued, and three other euppicious casts are 1 reported.