FEDERAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 20 March 1902, Page 3

FEDERAL POLITICS.

THE JUDICIARY BILL. P«R TRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, March 19, In the Federal Hou<e Mr Dsakin, in a brilliant speech, moved the second reading of the Judiciary Bill. He said that instead of being a splendid luxury i' was a ucc s a ary put of the constitution. It would aflect the legal relations of the people of tbe States to such an extent fiat it might f-irly be teimed a revolution. The High Court was the keys-one of the constitution ; it would protect it from assault. It was intended to. procure the b;g v . men Australia could produce as judges. The Bill mnde no alteration with re-1 gard to appeals to the Privy Council, as tha power of Parliament to limit matters upjn which appeals could be made wt-re not exercised. He estimated the annual cos* at .£30,000, and suggested that if by reason of its learning and knowledge the High Court challenged comparison with tbe tribunals of o' her countries, it might attract business from New Zealand. He strongly appealed for the creation of a tribunal worthy of the Federal I people.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Melbourne, March 19. Sir George Turner delivers a supplementary financial statement in tbe House to-day. He ha§ prepared *n estimate showing that receipts fiom

the Federal tariff for the year ending June 30th next will be £8,587,000, exceeding his first estimate by nearly £587,000,

THE AMENDED TARIFF. Received 19, 10.40 p.m. Mklbouhnb, March 19. SI George Turner, in de'ivering his supplementary tariff statement, said it was proposed to leave duties on gurcose, sugar, tea and kerosene as they were, make rice for starch making free, and place an excise doty on search made from it, while the duty on dressed rice would be six sellings and undressed four shillings per cental. An excise duty of fourpence would be put on matches, end that on tinned fish reduced from twopence to one penny per pound. If. was proposed to make New Zealand white pino dutiable, giving a drawback on butler boxfs made here from i f . He thought ash, oak and walnut should not be free while other cheaper lines were dutiable.