THE COMMONWEALTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 153, 2 July 1904, Page 2

THE COMMONWEALTH.

STATE POLITICS. H QUEENSLAND'S NEW MINISTBH BRISBANE, July 1.1 Sir Arthur Rutludge (the new mier) indicates a policy that cover thu Construction of a railway and develop.the country. thinks tho proposed ridge line ni%tot well bo by private enterprise, The ment will endeavour to develop exportation of frozen meat from Darling Downs country, promote expansion of tho dairying induitrjS and seek to reduce members 'of thH House without recourse to a cunfl bersomo referendum. NEJW WEST AUSTRALIAN HOlftfl PERTH, July !.'■ The total strength of the Miniat«4B alists is 19. The Labour partjpw*] cured 22 seats, as against seven ' l#l tho last Parliament, while tlie Op* 1 position and Independents togethi*' number nine. Of these eight '«£•« diametrically opposed to tho Labotflr party, and although opposed to the leading planks of the Government), may bo expected to support the Pre* , mier. ... 1 NEW SOUTH WALES REVENUE. SYDNEY, July 1. The St-ato rovonuc returns for th# year show a falling off of £78,48f1« The Commonwealth return to thf State was less by £200,000. THE FEDERAL SITUATIO'It, MR REID AND MR DEAKIN. MELBOURNE, July 1, Mr G, H, Roid, speaking at the annual conference of tbo Victorian Chamber of Agriculture, apologised for tho absence of Mr Deakin. He indicated tbat a perfect rapprochement existed between them. It waa, i he said, no litjht political crisis that j ' brought two such inveterate aotajf 1 - onlatfl i)Ogether f but toy felt fliat IIJ they did not como vital crisis then polity would (biift into anarch j'. Referring to the proposal to give unionists the Arbitration Bill he tlie Labour party as a selfish, formidable organisation, which VU trying to terrorise the worker* 'ol Australia into their ranks or drfv* thein into tho gutter. . »j