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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 11818, 25 July 1902, Page 3

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United Press Association—Per iClectric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 10.42 a.m., July 24th. THE ACTING GOVERNOR-GENERAL. MELBOURNE, July 24. Lord Tennyson has arrived and taken up his duties as Acting Governor-General. It is stated that Mr Chamberlain suggested that Lord Tennyson need not keep up two Government establishments, one in Sydney and the other in Melbourne, during his term of office, and it is understood that he will act on that suggestion. THE YICTORLI RACING CLUB. The annual report of the Victoria Racing Club shows that the profits on race meetings totalled £6228. At the Spring Meeting the profit was more than £9100; the August, Autumn and April meetings resulted m losses. The total revenue from all sources was £27,400. BLACK LABOUR.—PLAIN SPEAKING BY A BISHOP. SYDNEY, July 24. Bishop Stretch, of Newcastle, who recently visited Northern Queensland, writes in his parish paper in reference to black labour in Queensland. He says.-—" The Federal Government, with that rare, courage which marks truly great men. fastened upon the most harmless and unprotected people with special fury. Chinese are there in thousands, and Japanese | also; but it is the Kanaka who must i go. These last seem singularly inoffen-

sive. They work bard at work that no white man should be asked to undertake. They are law-abiding, and spend their money where they earn it. These men, many of whom have families, are really good-living people; but an enlightened Government insists upon the deporting, of the heathen to the Islands, where the chances are they will be murdered by their still heathen countrymen. A more curious and cowardly proce'eding it would be hard to imagine. I trust that in some wav Australia may be spared the scandal it is responsible for. If not, White "Australia will have to blush a pretty high-coloured red for very shame. It. "is curious that no plans for deporting Chinese and Japanese have been put forward, but it is'not hard to see the reason. When we wish to play the bully we naturally choose the smallest boy."

Received 10.45 p.m.. July 24th NO SIGN OF THE QUIRANg". H.M.S. Karrakatta has returned to port, having found no trace of the Quirang Received 0.18 a.m.. July 25th A DENIAL. * The Treasurer denies the truth of a rumoured New South Wales loan, and does not anticipate going upon the money maTket for a -considerable time. "PROPOSED LOAN. BRISBANE. July 24. lrobafcly the Government early nestmonth will introduce a Loan Bill of £2,000,000, half to be issued at present and half next year; half to be placed in London and half in Australia,