AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 113, 3 June 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

FEB PBESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, M»y 31. In tte Senate, iVlr. Millies' Amei.dmenf. tl&t the hlack la v 6ur be immediate'y prohibit, d was io»t on the voices. Tee Address-ic-Reply w?s cariied on the voices, and the Senate adjourned till Wednesday s :.. In the Hous ■•, Mr Bamford, of the Queensland Lib.un- Party, said he had no dr»sire to ir jure (he sugar industry. If the liaes th-y prorosed were adopted "it be plac>d on a sound r f urdation than before. Thiy wishid to give time to employers of alien labour to find a substitute f< r it, i but tbey would no submit to the appointment of a i'by-1 ommission.

The debate on the Addressin-Reply wasadjourred til Wtdnesday. In the Senate, Mr. G'as-ey, Qirensland, said there was nothing in the cry for white labour, as white men could not engage in the sogir cultivation. During the last ten years the mortality amongst the Kanakas in Queensland wasal-rm'n?, it being over 42 pat 1000. He c-uld ni.t be a party to des'rcyinp the sujar indus'ry by sweeping away the Kanaka withouk due warning. Hob Aim, May 31. In tbe Assembly Mr. Eeid was appointed Leader of the Opposition. Mr, Paittrs">n's want-uf-;onfidence motion was tegttived: Perth, May 31.. The Premier promised a goldfieldfdeputttiou that he would tike measures to prevent foreigners, e-pecia'ly lalians and Ans'.r'arjp, from flooding \Ve*'ralia. A large number huve lately a'rived.

Sydney, Junn 1

A d-p'ifati:n of S'ate members, reprippiitng tlio sutnr-giowingdhlricts, asked Mr. I'art. n 'o piohi'iit black ltbmr, ni'd to imp sa a duty on iccpor'ed sugar and ; n excifevlu'y on sugar produced by Ha k labour. Tfce Federal Pit mier said tho Gi.vernm o nt ii t nd- d to prohibit btack labour aftei a period consistent, with the large interest icvolv d. Ho also fav L ured an imp it duty. Melbourne, May 31. Io the House, Mr Solomon, South Australia, s'id that the State could not afford to s'aud the loss of the administra'ion of the Northern Territory Either the F oer 1 Pailiara«it must reimburse orth.3 lorip-nal Gw rnmenl ,f ake over the ptoposrd tr«ns-ro-itire" tal railway, which would not ja) the c< st of grt asing the wl fteU It absurd to construct it at a cost of £5,000,000 over a barrm country.