AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

North Otago Times, 21 October 1905, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph-Copyright. Per Press Association. Received Oct. SO, at a 1.2,1 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 20. The shoot-on' for the King's Prize rcsultal iu Motion, of Charters Towers, winning after nil exciting contest with Kdivards. Kach scored threo "hulls," and Motton's fourth was a '"(bull," wliilo Kdwards registered nn inner,

fllell.oume, Oct'. 20Tln» report Co]>yi'iyliL Hill, as amended, w«is adopted after an attomjit to rescind Ihi' sub-clause jiivinjr power to llie fiihlu Symlicute to ailmit ni'wspniwrs paying a reasonable rate was defeated by a majority of one. iln the House, in reply to a question, !lr IVakin Stateil that negotiations were prncoedinp: with tlio Japanese Consul-fic-ncral ill reference to the 'lmmigration Restriction Act. It whs untrue that, the ilijerl of (he negotiations was to restrict the number of immigrants'from Julian. The Government was considering If it were possible lo restate the general principles of restriction Jpnlicy without altering Die snbsUmrc so as to meet, the susceptibilities of the Japanese. Sydney, Oct. 20. Arrived—llirverslmm 'Grange, from Wellington ; Mo'ioia ((>.lO p.m.) lloliart, Oct. 20. Arrived ("> l>.ni.)— Iluiipchii, from I.ondon via the Cnpe.