AUSTRALIAN MEWS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 7 November 1908, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN MEWS

SEATING iFIRE- TO CHINESE.

[?KE9S ASSOCIATION.] HOBART. November 7.

A committee wfrich , 13 > organising a

torchlight procession« through China- ■ town threatens to, destroy it unless the

Chinese vacate the place in 24 hours. Yesterday white men , evicted some Chinese from farms and burned 18 houses*. The' feeling against the -Chinese is intense and it is growing.

STORMJT VOYAGE..

HOBART, November 7.

The Waikare arrived 24 hours late. She was delayed by a tempestuous voyage.

LABOR PARTY'S SECESSION.

MELBOURNE, November 7.

\ Mr Fisher, in annuoncing the withdrawal of the Labor Party's support from*the Government, said their relations with the Government had been . of a most friendly character, but in(terests. of the country had arisen frefquently in which they felt the restraint -that a "large party like ours must feel ■in such difficult circumstances." He . '..realised the time might arise when such aOtion migh^be taken by one party or 'the other which would create a crisis. In- reply, to Mr,;Dealdn, Mr Fisher ' said he had no! motion -to submit. The House adjourned till Tuesday. - Mr Deakin's. colleagues scout the t idaa of taking any notice of- Mr Fisher's: amendment. -' . V^lt is- understood Mr Fisher made overtures to some members of the Opposition, and' there is also some talk of 1 reconstruction and coalition coming out. , of the complications. . i.TSE CAEITAL. SITE CHOSEN.

.In, the Senate, balloting for, the capi- ; tal eit^ was conducted' amidst a good deal of excitement, and resulted in the

choice of the Yass-Canberra pite, Hie first ballot was a tie, Yitssand tomtit' each securing 18. ; This L was the outcome "of some secret engineering, tfaien iihe v tie was announced the Dalgety'men claimed the whole question was ended, but the President insisted £h»* each, of the six sites nominated toast be* ballotted for.. Thjß final : ballot resulted :;Yass-Canherra< f l'9, 1 17. -. ~jq !■- IRON BONUS ! BILL? 1 : - tThe Hotise • passed- thb - Iron 1 Bonus Bill

THE WRECKED, FIFESHIRE. SYDNEY, November 6.

The Court suspended, the certificates of Nicol, master of tthe wrecked barque Pifeshire, for 12; months, and Rowe, chief officer, for six months.

HEAVY. WEATHER A^ SEJA. The Eunice has arrived r from , Pavefock. She lost her, foremast .during heavy weather in the Tasman Sea.

A HEAT WAVE IN AU^AiilA. The heat wav-e continues. There were many high , registers, in the country, Brewarrina registering 112.