AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9662, 10 February 1903, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

Electric Telegraph-Oopyright-United Pros.' Association (Received February 10, 10.38 a.m.)SYDNEY, February 10. The Liberal Reform League has been formed. Mr Corruthers, m a speech, said tihe League's main aim was to oppose the present Government, which had inaugural <>d ;t system of Socialispi m connection with State ;works, which scientific Socialists would be ashamed of, because it was associated witli an element of corruption and political 'patronage. ' . A serious outbreak of typhoid occurred at Comnanble, -Twenty-five cases are m th« hospital, aud. others are awaiting admission. The authorities are inveswijgatiiij* the ca«se. Tho Cupc Government has accepte*d a local tender for the supply of half a million railway sleepers. The Premier and his wife pay a lioliday visit to New Zealand on the first week m March. Efforts to raise funds to send a team to B'rsley to compete -at tlw Kokpore Cup meeting met with a poor response. MELBOURNE, February 10. The Federal postal revenue for the

lmlf-year* is £1,197,000, being slightly m excess of the Treasurer's estimate. The tug Kapiti, fymnd from Glasgow to Wellington, has passed Wilson's Promontory. 0 Mr Jo!m Holmes, the New Zealand t Trade Commissioner, hasi returned from c England. In an interview ho strongly g urged the necessity for the Stales appointing Trade Commissioners to develop the export- trade.