AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 269, 13 November 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PJJB PRBSS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, November 12. Mr Barton informed a deputation of tbe Royal C i->graphi"al Society, seeking a Federal contribution towards sending a yearly relief chip to the Discovery Antartic expedition, that be would eonsalt th« Cabinet, but he gave no hope of a contribution. He sympathised with the object, but the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth did not authorise expenditure in such d'rectionß. A conference of Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth hps opened to discuss the Federal tariff. Mr Barton, at the Mavoral banquet referring to the control of New Guinea, said that one thing which captivated Australia and B r itain more than any other was the prospect of the Commonwealth acquiring a domini.m over the Southern Sen®, whilst their policy would Dewr become aggressive. It was not the intention, he of of anyone guiding the destinies of the Commonwealth to shrink f rr m those duties which were inseparable from its position in the Southern Seas. i Mr Reid is visiting tho leading proi vincial centres of Victoria, delivering froetrade addresses. Received 13, 0.25 a.m. Brisbane. November 12. A fire occurred at Emerald, whereby [three hotels and a store were destroyed, I the damage being estimated at £20,000. Bennett, a man lodging at the hotel, was burned to death. Received 13, 0.55 a.m. Sydney, November 12. ] The Marine found tbe ClonI cirry-Boveric collision due to the default of tbe Master of the Cloncarry, who shows cause on F. irtav. Received 13, 0.25 a m. Melbourne, v ovember 12 In the Hou'G of R'-preflen f «tiven, Mr Bar f on moved reactions in favour of the Commonwealth assuming control of New Gu'nfi o , tbe annual vote not to exceed £20,000, and be subject to rev : sion at the end of five years, dating from July, 1901. H» stated the imperial Government based its refusal of financial assistance on the ground that New Guinea wai taken ' over at the unanimous request of Australia as an Australian possession, and ; was essentiaHv marked for Auptralia alone. The debate was adjourned.