A BENEVOLENT DOCTOR

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 119, 17 November 1893, Page 2

A BENEVOLENT DOCTOR

(PBS PRESS ASSOCIATION!. Sydney, November 16. An amendment in favor of State paper currency was negatived by 62 to 23 and the motion to introduce the Bill was carried by 46 to 86. Nearly the whole of the labor party opposed the Bill. . During the debate on the unemployed question, a man in the strangers' gallery called Kelly, a labour member, a liar. He was promptly arrested, but the only punishment inflicted was detention during the continuance of the debate. The Cyclists' Union have now investigated the accident which caused Hall, Wilinot, Fithers, and others, to fall during the five mile race in September. They found it was due to Kerr taking the inside running too soon. Melboubne, November 16. The Commission whioh was appointed to enquire into the sweating evil has furnished a report. The evidence showed that where, some years ago, fifty Chinese and three hundred aud fifty Europeans were employed in the furniture trade, the state of things is now reversed and five hundred Chinese and only fifty Europeans are engaged. The report recommends the branding of furniture and stringent sanitary provisions as the best means of coping with the Asiatic questions. The defence has concluded in the libel action Speight v..The Age. The plaintiffs case has begun and is not expected to be finished before the end of the year. Dr Bowen, a well-known surgeon, who died in England in July, has left £20,000 for distribution among the Victorian charitable organisations. Mr Merry, contractor, has issued a writ claiming L 442.000 against the Board of Lnnd and Works. The amount is alleged to be due under a decree of the Frivy Council made in 1866, The case arises out of litigation respecting the construction of the Geelong railway line. Adelaide, This Day. The Legislative Counoil has agreed to the establishment of a wine depot in London, the cost of administration not to exceed .£3OOO per annum. November 16. During the debate on a Bill introduced by a private member to extend the provisions of the Chinese Restriction Act to all colored races, the Premier declared that further legislation on the subject wns absolutely necessary. Fully 1000 Chinese were smuggled into Australia in one year by moans of the Eastern ports, and tlitf matter was one for Federal decision. Newcastle, November 16. The schooner Grecian, which sailed early in the week for Timaru, has returned to port in a disabled condition. Shortly after clearing the Australian coast she encountered a violent gale, her decks being swept by fearful seas. Everything movable on deck was washed overboard and the men's quarters smashed in. Perth, Novenber 16. The Eight Rev Henry Hntton Parry, Anglican Bishop of Perth, is dead.