AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 107, 9 May 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PER PRESS ASSOC r ATTON. Sydsky, May 8. Th° Pre=diy*eran Assembly expressed sympathy with the Church in th<* death of the K.»v W. Smsill. MfS'rs ("Houston and Company, of Blenheim, hive tho steamer Narahucca for New 7, r coastal work. Four Chinese have died of plague in the past few day=. Melbourne, May 8. The repnrt of the Fantnnj's Commission will be readv within The evidenre tiken in New Z'alan-t has convinced poms, if not all, of tho members who made the tnp thit the industrial lawf? of that colonv operate f o the advantage of employers as well as employee*. Adelaide, Mfv 8. A shock of earthquake wis felt in this State yesterday, but no dimage is rpported. Wi*h so little dis'inct'on hetwe. p n th« policies of the Ministrv and the Opposition, it. i"s difficult to classify the elections. If the compreh°nsive term Socialist is applied, to include the

ijaoonrpiirv ;>na imos'wno support ir, | ;h<> I« f ti>r is no 1 - «t,rone enough to form j in offensive nar f y. The Government:, mwever, only has a narrow margin. K coalition may be arranged during ;he recess. Received 9, 0.5' a.n\ Sydw.y. May 8. Two fresh cases of plague are reported. Rrtsban". Alav 8. Dr. Wray, health officer, has dipd of nlagn». He oontrac'ed the diseice through conducting post mmiems on pl-igue victims.