AUSTRALIAN CABLES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 7876, 26 April 1902, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES

:"Bt Ei.~n~7.ic Tkls-jrvrn.—Cornuoirr.) Vrv. Pr.7 i~ A c:vv:-.v. v. w, .-XS -V r.: *v.:ry r.-- >•<:.>. >fr Bnt-.ißif'f :o at Mainland. Wlv:<-h wv. -r. by » majority .>; Cb# U was d~sred that it jhoal t btf fr:»taf'i to giv« stiißciec; revenue u, cuver projp>."c".:iv '■kcrfa.vi. Th?y should l>- cirvfal r.'>t to farther cut down the rtf<Tvue •>: th« St.ite. Ths Semite could tbrww r,at the whole tariff, or suggest ameuda&.nt*. if thoophe absolutely necessary bat to alter some items it mast accept fait responsibility, and he hop«i tbry wouid accept the tariff as »t stood. The debate wa» adjourned until Thursday. Mr Nield akioe baa given notice of about fifty amendments involving a torse redaction of tiie revenue-. Sydney, April 23. On© cmh ol plague is reported to-day. Arrirsd.—Marar**Melbourne, April 20. Arrived. —TilaaeRecetved April 25, at 10.44 p.m.

Sydney. April 25. Mr Onitrim, chairman of the Victorian Fa-: tori«»" Commission, on being interviewed. said that the Commission had hid j.n absolutely unique experience in going through New Zealrarxi. the colony whs-re there were no unemployed. The population generally seemed to be in a prosperous condition. The Commission had examined a large .number of employers nnd «n----ployenw, the anunimoas oprnjo'n being that the" principle of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act was a sound one. They would bo verv sorry indeed to go back to the old order of "tbinis. He spofce highly of ebe simplicity and the adruirabEa administration of the Arbitration Court..