AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 68, 5 April 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PS3B PHBSS ASSOCIATION. " Sydney, April 4, The Interstate Water Conservation Conference at Cor own adopted a resolution urging the State to empower the Federal Government to i-stablish storage reservoirs at the Upper Murray as an instalment of a comprehensive national schema for the Riverina, Northern Victoria, and South Australia. Melbourne, April 4. The Federal Customs revenue for Maroh is £721,000, being £91,000 above the estim. ta. Ad' laibjs, April 4. The State imports last year were valued at; £7,571,000, a decrease of .£663,000; the exports were £8,010,000, an increase of £IB,OOO compared with the previous year. The exports of staple products, however, showed an increase of £603,000. Brisbane, April 4. A disastrous fire has occurred at Longreach. A whole block from the post office to the Imperial Hotel was burned. The latest report is that the fire is still raging. Received 4, 11.14 p.m. Brisbane, April 4. The body of a fourteen-year-old girl named Amedee, was fou'jd at Ithaca, a f-übur'o of Brisoan<. She had been scabbed to death. The ibqu<>e>t disclosed that she had previously been outraged. Received 5, 1.6 a.m. Brisbane, April 4. Thirty buildings were burned ac Lougreach. The damage is £30,000.