AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 291, 1 May 1913, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

A EBARLESS CRITIC. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Port Darwin, April 30. Kirkland, editor and proprietor of the Northern Territory Times, has dtp fined £IOO on charges of writing scam In: about a judge and prejudicing the public in a case still pending. The allcjiv' contempt was contained in an art'olr commenting on a trial in which a public official was acquittedi The article accused the.judge of bias. Kirkland refused to pay the fine and was sent to prison. A public subscription was started to realise the amount required to secure his release. A HOMELESS GOVERNOR. . Sydney, April 30. Lord Denman arrives on Saturday morning from Melbourne to review 20 thousand cadets. He departs the same evening, as the Government having taken over Government House there is no adequate accommodation or housin? for distinguished visitors. There is a great outcry from the press and the public that the Governor-General is driven to such shifts. PROPOSED STATE FERRY. Sydney, April ,10. The Cabinet is considering the establishment of a State ferry to North Sydney. Ministers state that the plans are not yet matured. The ferry companies' leases of the wharves at Circular Quav expire at the end of May. THE "GREEX MONSTER" AGAIN. Sydney, April 30. A tragedy has occurred at Ashfield Park. A Frenchman, named Alvianshot at and wounded his wife seriouslv and then shot himself dead. The couple recently separated. Jealousy was the eause. REFERENDA PROPOSALS. Sydney, April 30. Mr. Fisher addressed a big Federal campaign meeting in the Town Hall. He declared that if the referenda were rejected the Government still intended to proceed with the revision of the tariff to give effective protection to Australian industries. Mr. McGowen, who was previously a strong lopponent, id|ecla.red himself in favour of the referenda.