FROM AUSTRALIAN PAPERS.
AUSTRALIAN FEDERATIONIS We published, a telegram the ather day announcing the result of the federation struggle resulted the only it will be remembered, in 66,000 votes for and 17,000 votes against. The following are interesting notes from The Bulletin on federation matters
THE FEDERAL FINANCE LIES 'There is pleasure in the wet clay. When the poster's kanal is potting les There is pleasure-inche wet, wet lay When she poet's pad is blotting Baths There is pleasure in the shle of your picture on the line At the Royal Academy, Hot every one of these less chalk to Cheddar cheese. When compared with a well-built lie.
"Kirting quoted from motory.
It isn't even a well-built lie, but the quota tion nay pass. In fact, the Federal finance fiction, as circulated by the Sydney Telegraph and Truth, and the Sabbath Shellback, and the anti-Federal party in general, was a ramshackle, cripplexi and impossible-looking affair from the beginning. Also, it was and had inost of its hair scalded off, and was
it was mangy and distempered, yellow, durn-on-its-luck affair in every possible respect. But in the country which governed mostly by One-Pool-One-Vote it has been taken quite seriously, and all over New South Wales perfectly sane looking men go round lamenting that if New South Wales federates under the present Bill it must pay far more taxation in proportion to population than any other province. How this mysterious result is to be arrived at no one explains; the only answer that can be obtained is that the
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In the House of Commons last, night, Sir that he intended to mare an address to the Henry Fowler, who was Secretary of State for
Crown, praying her Majesty to disallow tho India in the last Liberal Ministry, intimatede
countervailing duty Imposed by the Govern ment of India on booty-fed sugar.
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Lond. George Mamilioni, Secretary of State for India, stated in reply, that the, American firm had offered to carry out the work in one
time required for construction was three years year for £63,000, while the amount of the lowest English tender received was £110,000, and the
obvious fact that the Commonwealth can't levy | "AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENG If the sum was to go to the coffers of the com- Eventually Mitchell reached the shore, and from Paris. A Dr. Laforest declined to attend extra taxațion on New South Wales-that all
LAND. pany, the question was whether the case a wave lifted bin safely on to a projecting an inquiry which was to be hold into ceria Federal taxation must be uniform throughout. The Australian Eleven is inaintaining the came under the Act in respect of those words ledge of rock, which was practically the only accusations innde against film, and committed the Federal territory this is just as relisplous As the other aberration. It has already been prestige its acquired in the match against the of a fee, gain, or reward. "All the evidence landing could be effected Shortly after acquiesced in his decision, and after calmly about preparing a document in expectation. spot along the rugged headland where suicide by inhaling the fames of gas. His wife shown that the Commonwealth can't get more South of England by the drastic manner, in that its fair share, of taxation on, of New South Wilch li disposed of the Essex baiting side. tonaliy benefit by the fee Chawley did not per- wards the other three survivors were landed awaiting, the end, the ven, and oformed the Wales by the operations of a uniform Federal The main honours of the first innings go to fee charged
on the same piece of rock. Once on the ledge palice of the occurrence tariff: New South Wales has tried a tatil wickets sends his reputation as a bowler up and in this case the manager, in expectation the top of the rocks. Facing the w they
Thimble, whose capture of nearly all the Mr. Davies contended that the affairs of a the men were practically out of danger. The THE INDIAN SUGAR, DUTIES something like that of Victoria, with the result
company must be, managed by individuals, survivors found a great difficulty, in reaching that, after the first year's shack, the cash results the standard where he is regarded as a promptly started to get down to the Victorian doubt, is largely contributed to by the weak-fers of the company. He submitted that the leaving Mr. Kilpatrick on the shelf below. terror to English batsmen. His success, no of a fee, gain, or reward, prepared the docu- were almost sheer, with the sea raging innic level. If it makes other taxes equal New Southness of Essex. One gratifying reflection is Act was sufficiently wide to comprehend a Mitchell discovered a pool of fresh water, nient, which he know would go into the cof diately beneath. The sailors climbed up first, Wales will have to pay dd. postage on news.
that the English batsmen do not appear to papers as some other provinces do, and its have found the Australian bowling lacking within the operation of the Act. The gain,
case of this kind, and that Mr. Crowley came and bright supplies to the others. probate, duties may be raised to the Victorian level, And New South Wales' unexplaited here. It may, of course, be rather too early to
in variety, as was predicted when the team left fee, or reward need not necessarily be paid obtain assistance, Kilpatrick in the meantime For two days the men inade attempts to sources of revenue, as things stand at present,
AMERICAN COMPETITION IN THE about end there. It has already used up most.
pronounce an opinion on the excellence of the to the person drawing up the documcel
remaining on the ledge where the waves had of the possibilities of the land and income tax,
Australian bowling, but experience so far des The Chief Justice said that this conveyance deposited him. Eventually, his three cont
ENGINEERING TRADE while Victoria, which has hitherto taxed only
not seem to cause any lament for the absence or release, was prepared, and a fee of panions succeeded in hauling him to the top,
LONDON, roth May estates which exceed 649 acres area and £2500 greater variety in the bowling. At least, the
A question is asked in the House of Com was paid for it was beyond question. The and a consultation resulted in M'Millan beingmons yesterday, with regard to the letting of value-all properties which don't fill desk conti-
Englishmen appear to be satisfied that the
affidavit of Wrigley, which he saw no re sent to obtain assistance. The men were tions go free has a great part of its landtas Australian team has variety enough, and to explicit on that point. With respect to the of things to keep body and soul together. For firm
the contract for the construcion of the Goktick son to disbelieve or question, was clear and ravenously hungry, and greedily ate all manner railway viaduct, in Bammal, to an American land and Westralia have both land and income NEW BRISBANE RAILWAY STATION. gretted that he did not take the same view as but as he did not return the others of the said possibilities to fall back upon. Also, Queens
spare.
pent which Dr. Sly had taken, bis Flanor re- three days they waited for news from Millan, taxes, to fall back upon, never having leviest either as yet, and Tasmania can double its
his brother judges. It seemed to him if a party set out to search in their own account. land-tax, which now stands at only half the
person prepared a conveyance, he, being an un- New South Wales figure, as its little unexploit
would be paid to another unqualified person, qualified person, in the expectation that a fee the possibilities of probate duties to fall back ed source of revenue; and Westralia has all
that he came directly within the meaning of the upon, there being no such tax in that province
Act. If it was in expectation of a fee to hintself up to date. Also Tasmania and Westralia
admittedly he fell within the operations of the have the d. newspaper postage to fall back
law. Though the other two learned judges were against him on that point, he still held the ware upon, both having free postage at present.
view. The Act was passed for the protection of When the Commonwealth has adjusted these
the public, not as some people ignorantly matters, and reduced the twopenny city postage
thought for the protection of barristers and of Victoria and South Australia to id as in
solicitors, and if it was left open to any per- New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, and Westralia, and reduced New South Wales'
son to prepare legal documents some serious complications would result. He thought the other provinces, and levelled up the bank-note
cular case. tax of the other provinces to the high rate charged in New South Wales, it will be found that New South Wales, Victoria, Queensinnal, Westralia and Tasmania are reasonably equal, in proportion to population, in the way of reserve power of taxation. Taking them all round there is no reason to suppo. that with uniform customs, excise, postage and stamp duties, and land and income taxation, any one province will yield much more per head than another, or that there will be any great increase in the revenue of any province,
BRISBANE, Thursday. Masses. Phippard Bros., of Sydney, for the The Government has accepted the tender of
erection of a new Central Railway Station at Brisbane. The contract price is £49,000..
H.M.S.PYLADES" AGROUND, The British warship Pylades, from England en route for service on the Australian strtion, arrived here on Sunday morning fast, here vious port of call having been Singapore, she touk in some 180 tons of coal and left for the south on Thursday morning.
Later on Thursday morning news wrs
much for him. For three miles, urged on by patrick was in n terrible condition, and tramping through the rugged country was too the pleadings of his comaties, he struggled manfully on, but had to give up, and was helt by a waterhole while the others prosecuted their search for relief.
THE SOUDAN, AMATE LONDON, 10th May. It is announced that Lord Kitchener, Go vernor-General of the Souden, who intends to ported that when the tug Earn reached the will impose an export duty of 20 per cent on A telegram from Cape Bordu last night re-open thie Soudan to traders in September next, bay in which the wreck occured the apprentice, gum, ivory, and feathers No import dutica where the Zoch Stay stuck, and Captain Creer acquire land in the Soudan, Simpson, at puce indicated the exact spot will be levied. Europeans will be permitted to
glasses, the remains of the ship. Only the was soon able to describe, with the aid of his
A TOTTERING MINISTRY jibboom, flying jil, and cathead were visible,
LONDON, 1th May, It is reported in political circles in Paris that with the land, and aboin 300 yards distent will probably succeed M. Dupuy na Premier. wreck is lying on a reef which runs paralled from the shore.
It is further rumoured that M. Henri Brisson further en is strewn with barrels, boxes, and The sandy beach a fiule
THE PACIFIC CABLE, A other wreckage.
The As returned to Cape Borda at about 4p.m. and left shortly afterwards for Queens cliff.
nddress of the particular. fool who first saw it, twopenny receipt-stamp tax to Id as in the ceived in town that the Pyladder had got aground Act was wide though to comprehend this part and every wave broke over the hull The M. Dupuy, the French Premier, is "tottering.
thing is so obvious that it doesn't need explan- ntion, When the obviousness is inquired after, the usual reply is that any fool can see clearly how obvious it is; and if anyone asks for the It generally transpires that he has left the country, But it is understood that Dr. M'Laurin is quite clear on the matter, and that John Norton is prepared to use fearful blast and blither language at anyone who fails to recognise the situation at a glance,
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on the reef near where the Volga wreck is lying, and the Parna, the steamer working in connec tion with the deep-sea diving apparatus expeti- their Honors were agreed As to the law in Mr. Justice Owen sail that as to the facts ments, went to her assistance; but up to yester- the case he regretted that he did not think as day morning the ship remained fast, her bow the Chief Justice thought-not only in respect on the reef in about four feet of water, and her of the interpretation of this section, but also in stern in deep water. The Pylades seems to be the view which the court ought to take under, having a run of ill luck; she had previously lust a section of this kind. As n'rule he was in two of her men since leaving Singapore. favour of a broad and, liberal interpretation of It was reported last evening that the ship the law, but where the act was a penal one the had got off]
rille was that the Act must be construed strictly, A DROWNING CASE.
The section here was a penal ane, inflicting One of the men belonging to H.M.S. Pylandese whole crux of the case turned on the punishment on any person who transgressed met his death by drowning in rather a mysterwords, "In expectation of any fee, gain or harbour. His name was Morley, and he had iqus manner on Sunday evening last in the been ashore during Sunday evening, and with others of his shipmates had returned about 11 o'clock to the ship. Shortly after hat was sun frating in the water and an immediate muster of the men showed that he was missing and although search was made for him he could not be found. Dragging operations were car-
lost another man shortly after leaving Singapore Monday but these were fruitless, and there is little doubt as to his fate. The Pylades also for Thursday Island.-Torres Straits Pilot of
seen
No news has yet been received from the party which went out in search of Kilpatrick.
TELEGRAMS.
LORD SALISBURY ON THE CRISIS IN THE CHURCHI
LONDON, 9th May.
directly to the person preparing the document reward. They meant that the benefit coming
A letter has been written by the Marquis of some fee which he was to receive, or some Salisbury to the Liverpool Conservative. As gain or reward which was to accrue to him;sociation on the present crisis in the Church of the law is it was, and if the inner to minister England. In this communication the Premier the as it was, if the interpretation was states that great dangers and evils will ensure too wide, it was the duty of the Legislature to unless the discipline which has been so serious provide a remedy in the interests of the public. By impaired is restored and the efforts that are In his opinion Mr. Crowley did not come being made by the Bishops towards bringing Church, and restoring respect for the law, de serve the hearty support of all Churchmen LORD ROSEBERY AND THE LIBERAL PARTY.
population than any other province is by using hear 43,000,000, which ruas Victoria a dead ried on in the harbour from the ship all day on within the operation of this section. Any fee about a saunder condition of things in the
for the billet of the biggest deficit in vastly smaller increase than that of either Australasin. Its revenue this year shows a
Queensland or Victorin, and a smaller increase in proportion to population than that of South Australia. As a revenue-producing coun- try it is behind South Australia, Queensland, and Westralia, taking the respective popula tions into account, and, as already' mentioned, Queensland has still the land and income tax, and Westralia the land, income, and probats taxes as unexploited sources of revenue, while New South Wales has, to a great extent, used up all three. Under these conditions, there is absolutely nothing special or extraordinary in the conditions of New South Wales, and with uniform taxation there is no reason at all to suppose that it will produce more revenue per head than its neighbours, that it will produce much more revenue or be much more burdened than it is now; or that it will have any notable surplus for its neighbours to grab-even assum ing that they want to grab it, of which there is na evidence at all. The anti-Federal party's policy is to block Federation by inflating the Cornstalk people into a frenzy of silly vanity which will lead them to make impossible de minds of their neighbours, and to look on them like the Almighty keeping His eye on a black beetle, and the bald assertion about the extra- ordinary "wealth" and "resources" and "sur plus" of New South Wales is part of the scheme. And the Federal finance le grows quite naturally out of these other lies,
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RIVER.
May zoth.
CITED FOR ALLEGED CONTEMPT
AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Courton May 11th, at Sydney, to make absolute Mr. Hanbury Davies moved before the Full a rule nisi granted by the Full Coort on Novem- City Mutual Life Assurance Society, to show ber feth upon George Crowley, manager of the
contempt of court, and be punished for that he, cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of not being a barrister, solicitor, or attorney, did, the Act, prepare and draw a discharge of in expectation of fee or reward, in violation of mongage.
the neto Mr. Crowley's pocket.
reward which was paid in connection with the natier went in to the coffers of the compa-
The rule was, therefore, discharged without
costs.
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THE WRECK OF THE LOCH SLOY." EXPERIENCES OF THE SURVIVORS.
TERRIBLE SWIDE FOR LIFE. A
ADELAIDE, Thursday. Mitchell and Simpson, two of the survivors
refreshed by their rest on Tuesday-night, and from the wreck of the Loch Sloy, were much
rangements were made for an early departure telegram from Cape Borda reports that ar yesterday for the scence of the wreck, and for songer, Kilpatrick. As early as 4.30 am, they the commencement of the search for the pas were astir at the station, and at sunrise Mr, Kopp, the lighthouse-keeper, took Mitchell and Simpson to Harvey's Return to meet the tug Euro this was
Simpson is A lad of 16 years, and, and step-mother live at Mull, Argyleshire, his arst voyage. His father Scotland, where he was born. He describes Mr. Kilpatrick as an amateur swimmer of con siderable ability, who had received several medals in Scotland for his natatorial perform ancea. He had been suffering from paralysis of one side of the face, and the trip in ite Lock Slay was taken for the benefit of his beaith. All traces of the paralysis disappeared during the voyage.
The affidavit of Frederick Wrigley set out that about February 13 last his wife, Ann Amelia, order to erect a house upon some land, of was desirous of borrowing a sum of money in which she was the owner, at Randwick. They saw an advertisement in the press, and called at the office of the society, and had an inter they explained that they wished to borrow on view with the manager (Crowley), to whom the security of the land. The manager agreed to lend the sum of £zoo, and was handed two Crown grants under the Real Property Act in the name of the wife of the deponent. They were asked to call on a later date and execute the mortgage. It was made a condition that Wrigley should insure his life in the society The voyage of the Lock Slay, the survivors for
200, and assign the policy to the society a state, was perfect till they encountered the an additional accurity for the loan. The memor-storm which involved the loss of the ship. After andum of mortgage was duly signedand witness losing sight of Great Britain they sighted no cd. On July 9 deponent asked fora statement of country till the fatal shore of Kangaroo Island item being costs of said mortgage, 3 several vessels, and everything went well, till accounts, and received certain memoranda, one came in view. On the way out they spoke
finish building, and not being able to come to Finding he should require more money to suddenly there appeared Kangaroo Island to the right of them. The captain at once re- terms with the society, he arranged to borrow cognising the danger, did all in his power to elsewhere, and to pay off the mortgage. Ee try and run his ship out from the rocks, but the went to the office of Allen, Allen, and Hemstruck the rocks with a terrible crash, tossed and Mr H Allen took up the negotiations witherplessly by the fury of the waves to her doom. attempt failed. It was 5.5 a.m. when the vessel the society, and the mortgage was paid off.
The court's attention was directed to two The impact tore a gaping hole in the hull, and items mentioned as costs, viz., 3 for the execu she stuck on the rocks as if held by a vice. The cinn the mortgage, and 62 25, costs of dis- water poured in torrents through the opening charging the mortgage. An affidavit showed and within a few minutes the ship heeled over between the Law Institute and the society an exposed to the full violence of the storm. that in correspondence touching the items on her beam ends towards the sea, and was emphatic denial was given by the respondent the council of the Institute, expressed satisfue to allegations of the Institute. In one letter tion with the explanation regarding the item of 3, but notified that proceedings would be taken the La 26. item for discharge of mortgage. Wrigley by his affidavit declared that so far as he was awaro no barrister, solicitor,
attorney, or certified conveyancer acted in respect of the
LONDON, 8th May, Referring to the advice given by Lord Rose bery in his recent speech at a meeting of the City Liberal Club, that the Liberal party should be reconstituted on the lines existing before 1885, when the split occurred on the Home Rule der Herry Campbell- Bannerman; leader of the Liberal party in the House of Commons, condemned the nation of Lord Rose- bery in repudiating the Liberal policy of recent years. He further declared that the Irish mem- votes were given to the Liberal party; but not bers were now independent, and no Nationalist withstanding this, the leaders of the party re- pudiated Lord Rosebery's recommendation,
LONDON, 10th May.
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It is announced that H.M.S. Egeria, survey ing vessel, has been commissioned for the purpose of surveying the route of the Pacific cable/
proposed
ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS IN RUSSIA
LONDON, 11th May. Serious anti-Jewish riols have occurred at Nicola eff, the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea fleet
Fifteen Jews and several women were killed The British Vice-consul; Mr, A. W. Wood- house, narrowly escapecite
THE TRANS-AFRICAN RAILWAY
LONDON, 1th May,
It is announced that Mr. Cecil Rhodes
has
made a grant to the Bechungsland Company of goo blocks of land, each one mile square; along the route of the proposed railway extension from Buluwayo to. of Lake Tanga the s
southern end
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT.
LONDON, th May. News from Russia shows that the leading Russian newspapers haveadopteda surprisingly. unfriendly attitude in connection with, the Anglo-Russian agreement with regard to China, and they profess to suspect Great Bri tain of having designs on the Yangtsze valley
The Novoe Premye endeavours to minimise the effect of the agreement, which It states is limited merely to technical points, and it asserts that Russia's liberty of action in int is unimpaired by the agreement
THES BENQUIRY, URGE
Stella, which foundered on March 30th after the disaster to the Channel Island steamer
rath May The inquiry into the circumstances attending
striking the Casquet Rocks, off the island of Guernsey, has been concluded.
Addressing a meeting of the Devonshire Club verdict was returned to the effect that the resigned the position of leader of the Liberal speed was excessive, and that no soundings last night, Sir Williain Harcourt (who recentlySica was carelessly navigated, that the rate of
the proposal of Lord Rosebery to obliterate the party in the Houofse Commons), denounced were taken during the fog which prevailed whole of Mr. Gladstone's legacy to the Liberal party, and said the party deserved ia berdes. its aims, Sir Henry Campbell: Bannerman, the troyed if it allowed Lord Rosebery to thwart present leader of the party, he declared, was no apostle of reaction,
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MASSACRE IN BOLIVIA
LONDON, 8th May. News is to hand that the Indians in Bolivia have massacred 120 Bolivian troops who were sent out to quell the recent native rising.
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THE GREATER BRITAIN EXHIDITION,
LONDON, 8th May. Court was formally opened to-day
The Greater Britain Exhibition at Earl's The ceremony was performed by H.R.Hthe Duke of Cambridge, and was witnessed by large crowds of people.
Entimations.
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY,
THERAPION
To get an understanding of this eminently bald and unconvincing tie it is necessary to start at the beginning. The first point is that, under Federation, the provinces will all pay exactly the same customs and excise duties, There is no possibility of charging one province a penny more duly than another upon anything; and there is no clause in the Draft Constitution At all events; the wild cry about how the which can be strained into any semblance of
"surplus" of New South Wales and the such a possibility. Therefore, the only way Inwealth of New South Wales will he grabbed which New South Wales can pay more excise by the other provinces is a gruesame mockery duty in proportion to population than any other According to Coghlan's official statistics province is by New South Wales manufactur, ("Wealth and Progress of New South Wales ing more exciscable goods-which are mainly for 1897, page 836), New South Wales has had heer, spirits, and tobacco-than any other two small surpluses and nine deficits in the province; and it isn't the leading producer in past eleven years. any of these lines. Also, the only way in which deficit, according to its Auditor-General, of It has an accumulated it can pay more customs duty in proportion Australia and Westmalia are larger importers more fasported goods. At present, both South per head of population than New South Wales, and there is no evidence that they won't (or that they will continue so. If they do, then it is a case of South Australia and Westralia being muleted for the benefit of New South Wales and other provinces-and yet neither of them is squalling in the ridiculous fashion affected by the anti-Billites of Corestalk Land. The Federal financial lie is mostly based on a sum in simple proportion. N.S. Wales bas a low tariff, which is yielding this year at the rate of about £1,400,000 per annum. Protection Against
the outside world is the policy of the Commonwealth, and the customs-taxation is doubled, then New South Wales will have to pay £2,800,000 a year, and will be a grievously burdoned province. In other words, if two men fall out of a window adistance For 40yds. and are killed, then six men, being three times the number, wilt necessarily fall 120yds., out of three windows, and be killed three times over, And yet experience in quite recent years has proved this argument, to be the most utterly foolish lie of the lot. In 1889 New South Wales had a very low revenue tariff, comprising duties on only 196 articles (the items can be found on pages 755-783 of the Year-Book of Australia" for 1890), most of them very small duties, and levied on, articles of small consumption. The gross customs taxation amounted that year to 1,905,883. In 1892 Tibbs had put heavy duties on about 850 articles--he quadrupled RECORD FLOOD AT THE DALY". the tariff and more and in its first the
year new tarif yielded, not £7,500,000 as it should have done according to the anti-Federal lic,
Particulars are just to hand of the biggest but 3,677,890. And it did this for one year food that has been known to take place in the only. Inside of 12 months New South Wales Daly River says the Times and Gazette of May was learning to produce for itself many things The River began to overflow on. 19th March. it formerly imported, and in 1893 the tariff burden was only £1,127,645. In 1894 the for miles on each side of the river was a sheet In a day or two afterwards the whole country province had further adapted itself to its new of water, except a few spots that were elevated conditions, and the tariff-tax was only 42,069,639. And for the odd half of 1895, when just beyond reach, The date of the financial year was altered, it escape of being totally annihilated, and the The Jesuit Mission Station had a very narrow yielded at the rate of £1,926,378 per annum.Mission people had a most anxious time con- Actually, the heavy Protective-tariff on 350 Articles only took from the country, when it had coming the safety of both themselves and those settled down to its new, circumstances; at the depending on them. At one time the water rate of 231,000 a year more than the light was two feet deep all round the house, and Foreign-trade tariffon 196 articles, and allowing rushing schwards so strongly that one could for the increase of population it cost the country less per head than the light Foreign-trade tarif did. Then George Reid came into power and knocked the great Dibbs tariff endways. He reduced the list of dutiable articles to 52, and most of these 52 duties were microscopic yet the customs revenue, instead of dropping to about
· ជំ quarter of what it was, is now about £1,400,000 against the previous 1,026,000, ***) The moral of which is If you double the tariff you don't double the customs revenue. If
it is known that the goats leave the customs revenue just about where it alone numbered 1,800 it will be guessed what was, for the simple reason that the imports straits: the Mission Fathers were put to in decrease and are largely replaced by local order to keep them alive for so many days. production. If you multiply it by eight, it fa fair idea of the flood at the Mission, but no Photographs taken by Father Flerry give a quite possible that you reduce the customa revenue and diminish the Burden of taxation picture could adequately convey an idea of for there is a point where the people would the immense volume of water which the river altogether cense importing and depend wholly was asked to carry to the sea. There have on local production. A very high protective nothing
been many floods in the Daly before, but the tariff would yield nothing at all; so would tariff the extremes meet just about here this one, and the experience was trying, and 2 29, charged for discharge of mongage, Mitchell, who is a good swimmer, jumped indisposition exclaimed, "I might be a Kipling. Her Majesty's Hon. Commissioners, and with There is nothing wildly abnormal about New so full of danger to everyone, at the place, that South Wales's conditions to make a tariff in it is quite likely the site of the station, will be the Gornstalk province widely different in its shifted to higher ground away from the river results from the results it produces anywhere bank. else. Experience has shown that when New South Wales has settled down under a tariff something like those of Victoria and. South revenue. When i uniform Australian tariff Australia it produced just about the same has been in operation for four or five years and the its new conditions, New South Wales will pay no more customs taxation than its neighbours, and distance, distinguishing form and colour cor security clerk being out, and the manager pieces of wood, which threatened to feed to who are at present in England will take part even if it is a Protectionist tariff it will pay not rectly, they must give up hope of these lines. engaged, he made out a tough account from life out of him. Now and again he had to much more than it does now. These con- Now Germany permits optical defects in her the security ledger, taking an item of 5.22 dive to escape instant death, and more than clusions are based on actual experience in armies, provided they are remedied by the use in peficil at the foot of the page to include in- once he felt some heavy piece of wreckage Sir CE. Howard Vincent, M.P. Colonel New South Wales within very recent years; of glasses. And in the matter of colour teat, ferest and 7 28. costs. He made the account passing quite close to his raft. The cask was on the alleged theories of the Provine Ter the instances elements which men who out entirely on his own responsibility, and did tossed about on the breakers like a cork, and
parly's know themselves colour-blind give to the not consult the manager. alleged friend Thingumbah, which alleged examiners the correct names of the colours.
when Mitchell was down in the trough of the theories date from before-Dibba's experiment, which they see wrongly, study under directions Dr. Sly contended that admitting, for the sea the mountainous rollers, behind threatened so that the person, if there was one,
sake of argument, the discharge had been to tumble over and end his struggle. theorising in the dark and was only having enabled them to correct their defect of prepared by the respondent, and the charge Mitchell says the Lock Sloy struck the vision by constructing a new scheme of had been made for the discharge, Mr. Crowley rock about half a mile from the shore, and
LONDON, 9th May, TOP FLOOR The rest of the Federal finance liels based nomenclature. For example, suppose red could not be held responsible, at the fees each successive Wave, lifted her slightly, Russian Govemment have warned the Porte It is reported from Constantinople that the on the general assertion that New South Wales appears green to a man when he sees green would go to the company, and not to Mr while the crest of each miler swept the decks that the 20,000 Armenians who have taken ib
vicher in propantion to popuintion than any he calls it red accordingly. The point is that Crowley personally- other pro and has mere unexploited in the German anny material spect
The Chief Justic
wem from stem to stern, so that it was impossible fuge in the Caucasian province of sources
allowed, that in some cases mental spect
had not
the for anything to remain on the decks. - return to Anatolia (Asjatie - doybs that Bro: used with perfect
statement was Amongst the cargo was a large quantity of FEMININA DOCTO
must adopt gunpowder, which he says took fire, and
was “some, kakolodi
while the wayareware, itil];
scarcely stand against it. The whole of the gardens were washed completely out, and Lin place of a well-manured soil the floods left a deposit of sand. Fences were destroyed, and was only by the greatest good luck that the stock of cattle and goats were saved. As it was they were huddled together on a rise of 5 or 6 acres, and during the twelve or thirteen days that the surface was covered with. water they had to be fed with banana trees, or anyting else
LONDON, 9th May.
presided, said he boged these displays would At the luncheon subsequent to the opening of the Exhibition, the Duke of Cambridge, who have the result of widening the interest felt in the colonies, and also cementing the bond of union between the colonies and the mother country.
The Hon J. W. Taverner thanked the Duke of Cambridge for his presence on that occasion, and in the course of his speech he expressed a way on behalf of the British Government, to hope that Mr Chamberlain would yet see his unite with the colonies in the joint ownership of the proposed Pacific cable.-
The wind was blowing a gale from the south mountains high. The danger came without west at the time, and the sen was running waming at time when all the passengers were in bed. Both Mitchell and Simpson were asleep, the former in a forecastle bunk and t
the
THE DUKE OF YORK. latter in his cabin on the poop of the ship. .
LONDON, 8th May, A feature of the disaster was the courage His Royal Highness the Duke of York, who with which the passengers and crew awaited has been suffering from a slight, chill, is now their doon. There was no sign of excitement reported to be improving His Royal High of rescue could only the lifebelte and bacle Prince of Wales, since last so, th May Quietly but speedily the buoys. were got out, and Captain Leicester, Mrs. H.R.H. the Duke of York, who has been Leicester, and Mrs Cartlidge clambered up indisposed for some days as the result of a the masts. The ladies were lashed to the chill, is now much better. them into the sea. But they did not remain rigging order to prevent the waves washing.
LONDON, Loth May, long, for the rigging went by, the board; and of the great number of inquiries that have been - It is stated that the Duke of York, in view
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commenced a struggle to reach the shore
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IRISH DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE clinging to a mat which was snapped off Department of Agricultures, Industries, and A bill providing for the establishment of a short by the force of the breakers, The young Technical Instruction in Ireland, at a cost af fellow was plunged into the water, but escaped £160,000 per annum, has been introduced in injury, and was able to exercise all his senses the House of Commons, and read a first time He managed to clutch a cask as it floated by, in his endeavour to effect a landing. Mitchell the
and clung to it with the tenacity of a drowning Wales will hold a review of 30,000 volunteers gives a graphic account of his battle in the sea GREAT REVIEW OF VOLUNTEERS.
A LONDON, 9th May.
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