INTERCOLONIAL

Evening Star, Issue 11677, 8 February 1902, Page 6

INTERCOLONIAL

Press Association—By Telegraph—CopyrigfeA. MELBOURNE, February 8. (Received February 8, at 10.24 a.m.) It has been decided to start the fifth tesfc match on February 28 instead of March 1. Barnes is still under treatment, but hopes to participate in the, next test, which begins at Sydney on Friday next. Saunders goes to Sydney, and may be utilised as a bowler for this match. BRISBANE, February 8. A Mrs Golby has died from plague in South Brisbane.

MELBOURNE, February 8. (Received February 8, at 10.24 a.m.) Premier Lewis, of Tasmania, has suggested to Mr Barton the desirableness of holding a conference between the Wromonweaifh and the States Governments to settle a number of matters, including the Tasmanian-New Zealand and Pacific cables. Mr Barton will commit the Cabinet. Pending the receipt of the Tariff Bill from the Lower House, the Senate has adjourned for a fortnight. A party of Senators will view during this recess the thirteen sites proposed in New South Wales for the Federal capital. The Common weal rh revenue through the Customs, if based on the receipts of the past three months, will yield over ten millions. [The Federal Treasurer (Sir G. Turner), in submitting his "Budget proposals to Parliament in October last, estimated the revenue through the Customs for the current financial year at £8,000,000; but Mr Reid, Sir Win, Macmillan, and other authorities predicted that the total yield would exceed nine millions.]