AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
THE COMMO-N WhALTiI IJiax-X Melbourne, December 2U. Sir William byne e.vpecti thai, caking the tariff as u whole, the reduction o: his duties by Parliament will nut eiceed 3 pti tent. SNAKE PUISUNINU. Melbourne, December 20. Ati extraordinary instance oi ujit--jniuivn of snake venom has occurred here. A snake bit a dog, which beiure dying bit a man. Ilie wan is being treated at a hospital, having all the symptoms of snake poisoning, lie is re covering. THE WALLACE DIVOKCE CASK. Melbourne, December 20. At the hearing of the Wallace divorce cane a witness ueposeil that her lui.~bau<i had asked her to give up Iter acquaint once with Airs. Wallace, as Wallace had represented his wife iu a bad light au<i had told him that .Mrs. Wallace hud met Braund, the English cricketer, in Albert X'ark, and had.taken a large sum of money to buy back her letters from Braund, as he had attempted to blackmail her.
WEALTH DLiLME bCiliim
London, December in. Captain Collins, Commonwealth agent in London, replying to the Daily Graphic's criticism, deuics that Australia baa ever in practice or principle failed to recogniae her obligations to aid the general defence of the Kmpire. au>tralia, he says, is setting an example to (he Empire by obliging her citizens to train for the defence of the country.
.VANCOUVER SERVICE SUIJsiDV. Melbourne, December 20. With reference to Canada's withdrawal of the subsidy paid to the l T nion Steamship Company for the Vancouver service, Sir W. Lyne, Federal Treasurer, pays he do»-s not for a moment think it is on account of the new tariff. Communications had Iwen pissing on the question ot trade reciprocity sinr-e the introduction of the tariff, and-zTanada had bfcen informed that Australia «ou!d not negotiate until the tariff had hem finally disposed of. Negotiation- were broken off. So >oon the tariff was completed the negotiationwould probably be renewed. He added: "Canadians must not forget their tariff 9TSB as high a», or higher than, our-.'*
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 301, 21 December 1907, Page 5
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332AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 301, 21 December 1907, Page 5
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