AUSTRALIAN.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11611, 13 August 1892, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

[B? Electric Teleorapii — Copysioht.] ' THE VICTORIAN TARIFF. FOUNDERING OF THE STEAMER HILTOW. THE BROKEN HILL STRIKERS. Melbourne, August 12. ■ Sir Graham Berry, in reply' to a deputation, promised a complete revision of the tariff next year. Ho said be saw no hope for Victoria unless she had her manufactures established on a firm basis. The British India "steamer bringsjwwir of the foundering pf-the steamer Hilton, and the arrival of a portion of her crew at Singapore after knocking about in boats for two days and a half. A. panic occurred when it was found that the steamer was sinking. The native crew made a rush for the boats, and six were drowned in one boat. Altogether 15 hands are missing. Sydney, August 12. The Broken Hill strikers are drawing £ 15,000 worth of supplies weekly. The leaders assert (hey have sufficient to carry on for three or tour months even if they receive no further assistance. Sir H. • Parkos, in addressing his constituents, said he was determined to keep Federation in the forefront of Australian politics. He condemned the importation of coolies, and advocated the establishment of irrigation colonies as a remedy for want of employment. The Sydney Homing Herald thinks the proposal of the Now Zealand Government to demand cash securities from foreign insurance companies will be likely to lead to reprisal* on the. part of the other colonies. The Daily Telegraph feart that the bargain proposud between New Zealand and the Cable Company, even if concluded on the fairest terms to the contracting colonies, will moro firmly establish the system of State partnership in private enterprise, which is false in principle and mistaken in application. Hobart, August 12. Tho Government has been defeated on its financial policy by four votes, and the House adjourned till Tuesday.