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United Press Association—Por Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9.50 a.m., October 14tb. DESTRUCTIVE GALE. BRISBANE, October 14. A thunderstorm at Eidsvold township flooded the place, and a high wind wrecked many buildings, including the Methodist Church. THE KANAKA BTLL. The executive of the Labour federation have wired to Mr Barton Approving'of the Kanaka Bill, and urginp: him to stand firm. An influential gathering 'of politicians and others opposed an organised campaign against the Bill. CATTLE FOR NATAL.
Over 6000 tick-immune cattle have been shipped to Natal. A GERMAN COLONY.
The Government have decided to set. aside 80,000 acres of the Bunya mountain district for 80 to 100 families- the agent of the German colony at Bessarabia has undertaken to bnng to Queensland.
THE FEDERAL TARIFF. ADELAIDE. October 14,
As a result of the tariff most of the riijar and tobacco factories in the city have closed : the former permanently, the latter temporarily. Three hundred men, besides women and youths, are thrown out of employment. Manufacturers claim that they pnnnot compete with cheap Manila ancf German cigars. SYDNEY. October 14. The "Sydney Morning Herald" says the' opinion is almost universally cti'P'W amongst commercial men that t'.e Federal' tariff mons ruin to the New Ze.il.ind export trade in produce to Austnlia. It continues:—"Had New /.caiaiul seen fit to enter the Federation in.Mor.cl r.f ii'ii.gininir a South Sea Federation of her own, until Mr Chamberlain put i no- dto that day-dream, all the Commonwealth ptrts would have been open to'hur pio.'hicei'R. Now Zealand would slio vn a moreneighbourly snirit hud l;er pub.'c men helped us with the discussion of our fa.uirial problem, and as it is char enough that some duties are so i.isrh ; s *o prove that the Federal Government C'.ci not impose them for revenue purposes, New Zenh'lid critics are quite right in inscribing tlies« duties as non-revenue raiding, but frankly protective."
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 11579, 15 October 1901, Page 2
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311AUSTRALIAN CABLE Timaru Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 11579, 15 October 1901, Page 2
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