AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9171, 13 June 1901, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Kleotrio Telegraph— Copyright— United Preßß Association.) (Received June 13. 9.5 a.m.) HOBART, June 13. Mr Philp, the Queensland Premier, has returned by the Papanui. PERTH, Jun» 13. The Premier, Mr Leake, has outlined the Government's programme. The keynote is economy. There will be a probable deficit at the end of the year of £40.000. The Government would not undertake any more new railways or other public works. They would have to borrow over three millions to complete the works m hand and equip the railways and rolling stock. The promised legislation included re-distribution of seats, a reduction m tiie number of members, and a Bill for the trans - Continental railway. SYDNEY, June 12. Ministerialists opened) the election campaign by a monster demonstration m the Town Hall. The strike of the Clyde Engineering Works has ended, and the men nave resumed work. SYDNEY, June 13. The Premier, m the course of his speech last night, denied any compact with the labor party m connection with the forthcoming elections. MELBOURNE, June 13. I During the debate m supply, some Government appointments of Federal officials were strongly condemned. '■ In the Senate a petition was presented from Tasmania m favor of the suppression of Tattersall's sweeps. Mr Keating, of Tasmania, said if the sweeps were driven out of Tasmania, they would probably go to New Zealand or Hong Kong. At a meeting of the Commonwealth labor party, Mr Watson, New South Wales, was elected Leader m the House, and Mr McGregor, South Australia, m the Senate. - Jarman has been committed for trial on three charges of embezzling £310 from the- Kauri Timber Company. At the Town Hall demonstration the Premier announced that, after providing £114,000, the cost of the Federal celebrations, and other extra expenditure, the revenue of the State would cover the . expenditure proper of the year. In the House of Representatives, the supply passed all its stages without further amendments. * •' A Post and Telegraph Bill was introduced. During the debate the speeches chiefly dealt with, the question of sweeps, against which, the- Bill proposes to close the post office. ADELAIDE, June 12. Berry, one of the Ormuz smallpox patients, is dead.