AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 103, 3 May 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

FEB PRESS iStOOIATTOH. 1 BEIBBANE. MftV 2. I* is expected tha? the Civil Service retrenchment will effect a saving of j£3o 000 p*r annum. All officers over sevotrtv, not sixty, rc*iTD. The' Queensland Fifth Contingent has returned from the G*pe. An inqoirv into the d»aths of Dalk« and Doyle disclosed the fact that some articles found amongst the charred remains belonged to Doyle. Melbourne, May 2. The adjourned inquest on the bodv of Colon*! Jostph, found the* he was probibly seined with a Sr, to which he was subject, and that he drank the most handy liquid, which was the prussicacid used in pxpi<rir«»rM'ne. In the Federal Rouse Sir E. C. Braddc's amendment to r duce the] first item of the Defence Estimates bv j £\ as an indication that the defence vote should be reduced by was carried against the Government by 25 to 21 amid considerable exoitemnr.t. The vote was tak»n as an indicition that the Government shou'd make a large savins in the Es'ima'rs next year. The remaind rof the Dffence Estimates pasted wi'houtam<>nd-

/npnt. t,. The Governor-General's EsfahHthwent Bill met with *csnt nir-oort. J The general opinion was that T.ord, Hopeioun sWd be a'liwed »n| ■be-r tne *xp«n*e rf enter'ai irg the Povol vi"itrrf, and that. th« Turn should hepWdrmtheEsfmat-,: ■but the BiH Rt'empted tn go b bind the express provision of the constitution Aft»r a wranglinp debate Mr B<rton, rea'i«inp the hopriefisnew of carrying it, agreed «o «n •U-n.twn providing that £IO,OOO be on t'»e Es'iroatea fo- extrno'-dinar* allowo.ces tn T.'-rd H petonr. t" d fray the

Hr Barton rearmed the altitude of \ the Hou»e, which would n.".t tend in { futur-9 to tho best, of, the Commonwealth in the selection of! fl Goverror-Gene-nl. The Bill, in its altered form, pwwd.

Keceived 2,10 33 p.m. | Sydney, M>y 2. j Further rair, rms fallen, but is sfcil' j confined to the coast distr ; ctß. j The Dwlin* H,rboar BmnmptvoP; Court ha* awarded Robert R»id «d; Onpanv. of (he Federal wh?r*; S>] £170,000 pompeß'ation for pronertiea; fj.med, e*d hotel owners £9,100 ami j 8,100 re«pec-iv*ly. j Two cases of p'ague wer* reported, today. ~ „ ! Mixboubnb, May 2. E?The Federal House has adjonrned till the 27th irst. to enebl* Minimis to ißfpect the various proposed Bites for -the Federal c»piM. £■■ - -

I Received 3, C.SS a.m. { Melbourne, May 2. [ As a resuli of inquiries on h«-half of the Ea- em Extension Crble O'ompaiiy when t!>e Pacific cabie fr> Cu.ada would be op*-,- ed, and in o;der that, the Eastern Extension Oompny may m»ke arrang u m9n's for Oj<enin,< heir offices as al\f.\<"d uvder wgreem- r>t° 'A-i'h the , varit.-us 'h? <-.-r:f;'<U ;:wvj>ei' of, the Pacifiv ei'ole \v-~ ir.i:rme r \ Jlr; Drake, Federal Poitaw*t,ei'-Gei:nraS, i 'hat ths probable date of opening will i ba November 15th. j The Bouus to Manufacturers Bill, introduced into the F-der rl House, carries oar, the Government's intentions as announced when the Tariff Bill was in-: troduci d. I"- dates the operation of ; bonuses as from July let Lis*, bonus will be paid on pig iron, puddled bar hoc, or ste«l after July Ist, 1907 ; on iron wir"-nettiog, iron and steel pipes afSsr 1905, or on reipers and binders after 1904. The Federal Customs revenue for April is .£830,000, and for ten months, after allowing special inter-State deductions o »nd for the Commonwealth tariff, £7,355,000.