AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 134, 8 June 1903, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PBB PJfflpS ASSOCIATION. Sydkey, June 6. The health officer?, in view of the overhauling the Gracchus was subject d to by ther New Zealand authorities, dermtd it unnecessary to take further action, and granted pratique. Ooloael Mackay has besn appointed Vice-President rf the Council in succession to F. B. Suttor. A quantity of wrvekage andtimtr-r has been seen off the Bollinger River. This strengthens the feaw a* to the safety of the barque Trop : c. HoBiBT, June 6. A paliticil labour league has been formed, practically on the lines of the New S~uth Wales league. Melbourne, June 6. Several Stite schoolteachers at a meeting of the Teachers' Association. indulged in strong language respecting the Ministry acd their connection with the separate representation clause in the H«form Bill. The Minis'er of Education has directed that a charge of- improper condacS und;r tbo Public S rvice Act be kid against Mr Mead, master of a scho.l in G ppslacd, wA that ho also be charged wi'.h a breach of the regu--1 itions which prohibit public servants from tilting an active part in politic.il question?. Received 7, 5.27 p.m. Sydney, Juae 7. A great review of troops was held i yesterday in hononr of the officers of the Japan-' se rquidron, 3400 Australian trocp3, 660 British naval men, and 600 of 'he Japanese navy being leviewed by thf>Govrcor-Gei.eral i-a the presence of 50,000 ep'cfcito's. Received 8 0.51 am. Melbourne, June 7. The ffars regarding the Tr p : c's safety were dispelled by the arrival oi that vessel to-nay.