AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 295, 6 May 1913, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DRAFT RECIPROCITY TREATY. I By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, j . Melbourne, May 5. ] Messrs. Tudor and P. M. B. Fisher have arranged the final procedure of a draft reciprocity treaty which, subject to its receiving the sanction of the two Cabinets, will be embodied in Bills in thc._Domi.nion and Commonwealth, introduced simultaneously in the two Parliaments. In order that the revenue may' not suffer articles will be treated meanwhile as in the ordinary tariff. The new tariff is bein_r prepared, but its nature has not been disclosd. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. Sydney, May 5. • The election manifesto of the Federal Labour Party has been issued.' It urges the need-of passing the referenda and sets put .three great questions which are forcing themselves on the attention of the people of all civilised nations. These are the industrial unrest, the operations of trusts and combines, and tlie inj creased cost of living. It outlines ft policy for dealing with these and other questions and declares it is a policy for the whole people, not for a privileged class, to protect the country from dangers within and' without. MOUNT MORGAN RETURNS. Brisbane, May 5. The Mount Morgan returns for April show that 29,59!) tons of ore were treated, yielding 857 tons of copper and 10.058 ounces of gold, of a total value of £93,144. A DESPICABLE HOAX. Sydney, May 5. It was recently announced that an ex-patient of the.Wagga Hospital fiad donated £2OOO. to that institution, the only condition made being that his name should not be disclosed. The police made inquiries' which proved that the alleged donor was a well known criminal, recently released from gaol, whose present whereabouts was unknown. The Chief Secretary's Department, through which the offer wAs made, was badly hoaxed. • HOSPITAL SATURDAY. Sydney, May 5.' A feature in the Hospital Saturday collections was the decrease in copper coins and the large increase of silver coins. During the 20 years in which the movement has been in operation over £IOO,OOO has been collected.