AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12817, 17 March 1905, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph Press Association Copyright, THE POISONING TRAGEDY. Brisbane, March 16. -Mrs. McLeish, who administered strych- , ."S nine to herself and her two children, is dead. The second child may survive. RECIPROCITY IN PATENTS. Melbourne, M l arcli 16. -}$ A Federal Order-in-Council has been published providing for reciprocal treatment of patents with New Zealand. THE HIGH COURT. Sydney, March 16. The Prime Minister (Mr. Held) has denied ■; that the Government has decided to fix the \| High Court in Melbourne. The decision was quite contrary to that. It was con- . sidered possible, however, to try the Queens- , ~ q land cases in Sydney. There is some dif- - ficulty in reconciling the statements of the I Prime Minister.and the Attorney-General unless the latter's opinion was personal. . Adelaide, March 16. * , ■; The Attorney-General (Sir Josia.li Symons). says the correspondence which has passed' between himself and the judges of the High . Court, ■, on the reduction of expenses, has ! been grossly distorted. He claims that the ?:i j judges have no power to fix the circuits, .... \ X ! that matter being for Parliament' to decide. - 4 \i !He denies that he wishes to prevent the . j|| .High Court from visiting other Slates, or •'•£% jto deprive the judges of associates audi ' ■> [ tipstaffs, • - V', ' »'!