AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 232, 12 October 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

P*R PRESS ASSOCIATION Bceived 11. 10.12 a m. Sydney, October 11. As the treasurer prtd'cfrd a return of .£2,000,200 from the Commonwealth, and as this amount unde- the Federal budget fell sboit 250,000, the Opposition based a win* of c n nfil«nca i* the Government, adhering to their estimate as ag»in«t the Federal Treasurer. They objected to tin State being saddled with a certain deficit of the Commonwealth when it assumes control nf N«w Guinea, as the Impeiial Government refused to contribute ,£7OOO yevirly to th* cost of administration ; this amount to be guaranteed bv t*e SV>t's. " ReceWed Jl, 10.19 pm. Sydney, October 11. Replying to a deputation, th» Premier gave a curious ree/on for the hitherto persiVent refusx) of P rli»ment to amend the law. While recoenining the need of amendment, he said it was difficult 'o'get, a b 11 through because cewspapers did not de>l ton tenderly with member. The want of tenderness lay in r-porting those sc< ne* which unfortunately ccciwed in Parliament, which members afterwards regretted. Bail was refu c ed in the Ariadne case till the arriva' of the original warrant, when the application may h* renewed.