AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(By Tel-bob aph.) . (Per s.s. Bingarooms, at Auckland.) I . S-VDNE-r. Feb. 7. Considerable interest was manifested m tho E proceedings m the Assembly la it Tuesdjy, c when Mr Wisdom waa ordered to attend m , his place. Upon the first oppcrtur.ily be ( apologised i.nreeervtdly, and did not attempt , any sort of justification. He felt tbe pofi' ion , very acutely, and made p,U the lepavatim m j bis power. Tho Houfo at once accepted tre j apology, and Mr Bucbinan cordially sup* j ported it. Only Mi sirs McElhot.e and A. G. ■; Taylor wero disappointed at so satisfactory a ] termination of an unpleasant businsfs. I The Government taxation proposals have ] met with opposition all through -aid country. ] In Sydney a large meeting pronjunctd' against then, ond eimilur meeli'ijs have b°en- t held m vjrous parts of the country. At the t oitizens mejting on Monday nigtt it became j known thst the Government did not intend , to collect tie tax m the same munner as it is < collected it, New Zealand, ond it is now semi- j officially stite'i that m addition to furniture , ond wearing apparel being pxcluded, and the , exemption lim't being incrcsed to £ 500, it , is intended to reduce the properly tax from < Id to id ii. the £. Tbe question of the re- , vision of the tariff is also tj le postponed, and only tbe te i and tobioco duties and the i property lax proceeded with. The debate on the Budget beg*n m tho Assembly ye-lor-dly, and m likely to be continue! some time. Tbe bo-quo Nautilus, which arrived on Monday from Hobart, experienced o amort shook cf earthquake wbito on the voyage. The Assembly declined, by a 1 irge majority. to di clem vacant the seat of Mr Vaughan., member for Gornfell. The cootinued dry weathsris Sousing much , anxiety. BnrsBANB. Several marine disaster*, ar<- reported or. | the Queensland coast, the result of the lata , hurricane! So far there has been no I out , of life. i The Prsmior stated m tbe Assembly that, , be hoped the present session would closo m ] about throe weeks, and only the Bills now en | the papets would be prcceednd with. Mi.* , Moevorssii said tbe Opposition had thoroughly j considered the course they intended to pursue, , and wore determined that until their offer to , assist m poising the Chinese aod Polynesian i Bills was acoeptcd supplies should not, be ] granted. ] UaXBOtmNB. | There ire now five candidates m the field ; for Warrnambool. , Sir Ohi.rles Sladen is still very ill. • Mr George A. Moriaty, formerly tres- ] surer to the Harbor Truer, has lieea appointed | Secretary, by the casting rote of the Chair- ( man. £ Baron W. Mueller states that the oidiuni B need ocostion no alarm to vigi.erons, as it ii t easily subdued by sulphur. I
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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2931, 14 February 1884, Page 2
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465AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2931, 14 February 1884, Page 2
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