AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 57, 27 February 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

) PER FREES ASSOCIATION. Stdnby, February 26. Obituary: Mrs George Rigaold. To-day was observed as a day of humiliation and prayer for rain, and br-'ness is therefore practically stipf:d. A man named Lukin at Marrickville shot his housekeeper, Bikie, twice, wounded her brother slightly, and then attempted suicide. He was under tlie impression that the woman was cruelly treated by her children. Lukin and the woman are in a critical condition, j Mr O'Sullivan, Minister fer Works, I in a scathing reply to Father Bunbury, said that for the last forty years the movement of the world had been towards the unification ©f the races. Such a movement was now going on in Europe, but if we were dominated by such parochial ideas as formulated by Father Bunbury the Anglo-Celtic race would lose its place among the nations. It had been his endeavour to impress this on his countrymen—English, Scotch, Irish, and Welsh. The mighty Powers of Europe were graduilly closing round our shores, and ' some day there would be a mighty fight for supremacy. What could ( Australia do singlehandfd? What was the good of talking about a Republic in I their time ? Their s°rious duty was to strive for perfect consolidation (f the race from w h'.ch sprung Be had been faithful to his religion, but would not tolera'e bigotry and sectarianism frora anyone. Father Bunbury was clever no doubt in the abstract, but [absolutely frail in practice. The Era'pire was to b? built up by m en who could do practical work. Received 26,11.12 p ra Sydney, Feb r „'ary 26. All the churches were largely attended on the occasion of the pt ecial services and prayers for rain. Melbourne, Februarv 26. Darling is unable to pl a y in 'lie fifth test match, and Trumbln did not injtend te play, but owing to the accident to Siunders he h?s reconsidered his decision. On the House considering the timber duties, Sir George Turner desired to pos pone the butter box material till Mr Kingston returns from Adelaide, and if the litt'r in not back by next week be would desl then himself. Received 27, 0.37 a.m. Sydney, February 26. Sxil<-d: Burr'umbe't. ; Melbourne. February 26. Sailed: Waikwe. Brisbane, February 26. The Premier in a speech at Touneville said that Queensland was as sound 1 financially as any other of the states. He in fended to reduce the number of members f nil ministers, also to reduce , tVio salaries of ministers and members, i T v Government intended to eeono- 1 nrse in fvery possib'e way. They ' might have to an income tax. In the Ekcteral Bill, one of the most progressive mea- j sures introduced in Australia, provision 1 is made to record votes of the floating ' population. Queensland w»s not being : fairly treated by the F deral Parlia- 1 ment, and he hoped in time that Queensland would send better members to Melbournr, who would do more for the colony. It would have been better if they bad not entered the Federation, but now they should make the best of it.