AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 161, 11 July 1903, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, Ju'y 10, Mr Reid, in his speech on the Nival Bill, said that one fault rf th * new < arrangement was that under i*. Austrolii was promised a purely Imp rial ■ squadron. The exter sion of its spVi e to Chinese and East Tnlian waters was a complete change of at'itude on tre part of the Admiralty, nnd was ir no wav to be attributed to Australian selfishness. i Sir John Forrest vigorously sup- ' ported the Bill. ' The.debate was adjou-nad. ' Sydney, Julv 10. At the annuil mee'ing of the Pastora- ' lists Union, the Present congratulated members on having passed the turning ' poirit in losses caused by the drought. The efforts of the Government to fix minimum, wages, and their interference with industrial conditions were almost the only cause of the unemployed diffi- > culty. After 12 months experience of the Arbitration Ac*, the ou'look was unpromising. The first effect of the law had been to multiply and intensify disputes to an enormous extent. The sioner the Act d ! sappeared from tha Statute Book, the better it would re for the State. With regard to the coming shearing industrial agreement, owirg to the Fmill number of sheep to *-e shorn, there was certain to be a Urge surplus of labour. An industrial agreement has been arranged between the New South Wal s SMpDwnerV Association and Morts Dock on the ono part and the Ship Painte-s and Dockers' Union •vith regwd to h'tnrs of labour, wiges and other eondifions, The arrangement will be registered under The Arbitration Act, The Herald, commenting on the Naval Bill, says that Sir E. B*rtrn and his colla-.gues seem to thick they will do well enough to ge* the agreement passed, and the Admiral'y hsa so far impressed i's views upon the P.ime Minister that be apparently at'ac'ies little or no importance to the defence of the pnrts of the Common wealth He deemed it to give all possible heed to the position on the naval side, as it affects Bri ain. The way in which th" naval forces lave been treated since tbe Commonwealth ■, toik charge is little better than a scandal. Tho Governor of Western Australia has a p en fit. *o lift a warning voice. The Federal Gov rnmsnt his illowed <lec as s define- to gpt si f"ri b*rk th t only tho Kind's rrpre-enti-' five can oirer a proto?t suffi iont'y p-werfu! to penetr.ite tie deaf ears oF Ministers. The Herald's special comrni sioner estimates that wheat this year will show an increiee of 122,000 acres. The pro?p?c's are now fnvouraWe, and tith mnder'.tfl spring rein?, an average ■ f 10-9 tush'-ls an ncre phould be realis-d, giving a total yield of 13,418,000 busheK Brisbane, July 10. The annual report nf the Mount Morgan Mine 'hat 262,819 tors of ore were rrea'ed and yielded 143,584 ounces. The sum of £150,000 was paid in dividends. Kecsived 11, 115 a.m. Sydney, July 10. Tho Employers' Unions of Sydney and Melbourne are each forming a fund of £20,000 for fighting the Federal Government at the next elections. Goods rains are falling in Southeastern Queensland, Northern New South Walef, aod on the coast. I Received 11, 1.21 a.m. Brisbane, July 10. The Premier, in a letter to Sir E. Barton protesting against tho Federal Government extending the Vancouver mail contract without consulting the State Governments, stated that had the opinion of his Grrvernreont bean taken, it would, in view of the present state of finances, hive required very serious I consideration before their approval was | esppcinlly at the increased cost : which it is understood is agreed to. Mrs Hofl'arnan, who drowned her- ' s«lf and infill iri th-i r'vor, was sbranga in her marm»r somotines.