AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 351, 23 August 1907, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

3 18. BLECTUO TIIAGBAI>__— COrTBIQH_>.)H , [PES PBBSB ASSOCIATION.] i AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. ■ l * Sydney, August 22. H ! The Federal Government haa serv-^| 1 ed an injunction on the New South^| Wales Government and calls upon^l s the State Attorney-General to show^l cause why an injunction should not^| " issue to restrain the Governmental 9 from further interfering with im-^| ports which have not been cleared at^| * -the customs and why a declaration * should not issue compelling the re-^| 9 turn of wire netting taken. ® The matter comes before the High^| B Court to-morrow. -J^M I The State Government will raise^H the question whether tliere exists any^| jurisdiction in the High Court to^| • deal with the matter under Customa^^ j Act and this will involve an argu-^| .• ment on the basic question whether ; the State Government is bound by^| 1 the Act in any way. • Brisbane, August 22. I : In the Assembly Mr Lockyer moved : a vote of censure on Government. j The debate has not finished. j The censure motion against the Go-^| : vernment was defeated by 31 to 16. | *. Received August 23, 10.16 a.m. - j Melbourne, August 23. t j A deputation of timber merchaata^^ - ' askett the Minister of Customs to fl f give increased protection to Austra-fl > lian timber, an admission being made fl s that Queensland timber was not so *m suitible aa New Zealand pine for ba 4 .. m ter boxes. Tbe suggestion was made m that reciprocity be arranged witb New I Zealand, so that pine could be admit- "fl : ted free in return for Australian hard. H j woods being placed on the New Zea- ■ I land free list. ■ j Another deputation asked cone* fl • sions in connection with the boot and H leather industries. Mr Bailey, of H 1 Sydney, hoped that the duty in skir- ■ ers would be retained. If this wasfl done, his firm would remove its plant fl at present in New Zealand to Austra.^^ lia and start the manufacturing of^M skivers. Mr Chapman promised to consid.i'H ■ Perth, August 23. ■ A producers' conference represent- H ing agricultural interests of tiie whole H State, adopted a resolution favoring H . secession from Federation, oondemu- H * ing the tariff and increase in mem-^| bers' allowances. fl (Received August 23rd, 9.54 a.m.) H Sydney, August 22. fl " After careful consideration of the H _ new tariff, the French Chamber offl ~ Commerce in Sydney communicated c with the French Government suggest- H ing retaliation. H HIDES. ■ Melbourne, August 22. fl Hides, good conditioned lots steady, H others irregular. H WIRE SEIZURE INCIDENT. I Melbourne, August 29. fl Sir William Lyne, in reply ix^H questions re the wire seizure incident, "H stated that in the ordinary, process H the law could be relied upon to sup- H port the authority of the Common- fl wealth. H POST OFFICE SWEATING. ■ Mr - Webster has made startling H statements regarding the conditions H 1 of affairs in the Sydney post office, H 1 which he described as the worst H sweating shop in Australia. Dis- H contentment is rife. H INCREASE. IN HONORARIUM. ■ The third reading of the Bill pro- H viding for an increase in members' .H allowances passed the Senate by 17 H MARANUI WELL SUPPORTED. I A feature of betting is the strong H support accorded to the New Zealand fl horse Maranui for the Metropolitan fl Stakes and Melbourne Cup. fl THE KAWATIRI WRECK. fl Hobart, August 23 H At the Kawatiri inquiry, Captain fl Crawford deposed he thooght. with fl the prevailing wind, that the bar H wot^ld be smooth, but it proved very H rough. Then it was too late to turn fl back and the only safety lay in goiiu _fl full steam ahead He previously had fl gone in in rougher water. Other >fl captains, the pilot and harbourmaster fl were of opinion that the water at \H the time of the wreck was not too fl rough to prevent Captain Crawford* ;fl bringing the Kawatirj in. Jfl