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The Review of Reviews. 



April 10, 1900. 



Photos, by Hall. Sydney.'} 

 Leslie's house, showing the foundations. The house was lifted over a fence, and dropped 50 yards away, where it 



lay a battered wreck. 



THE DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO AT 



bounden duty to regard the Federation as their 

 natural eneniie.s. The position, complicated as it 

 has been, would have been so complicated that it 

 would h;ive been almost impossible to have un- 

 ravelled it. 



But the utterance of Mr. Irvine has 



Letting in the had an effect somewhat similar to 



Light, that produced when a strong hand 



has boldly snatched away the heavy 

 curtains from the windows of a darkened room. And 

 his old-time followers applaud him. A small man 

 might have said the same things as Mr. Irvine said 

 without attracting attention, but he is a strong man, 

 and if he pursues his way enquiringly and intelligent- 

 ly, as he evidently has done, he will be stronger still, 

 and make his voice heard in the Federal Parliament, 

 if he has the good fortune to arrive there. Whoever 

 may be the Moses who will lead the Federal Parlia- 

 ment out of the Egyptian slavery of party politics 

 into the Canaan of free political discussion, in which 

 measures are considered without any reference to par- 

 ties, he will tread upon the path that is becoming 

 more clearly defined every day, be clear-headed to 

 define terms, unburden himself of political conven- 

 tionalities, and act upon the principle of the great- 

 est good for the greatest number. 



While in Queensland there seem to 

 *"'*'}*'' be some indications of growing 

 iiN^nr. trouble because ^Ir. Kidston is not 

 prepared to go as tar as some ardent 

 spirits are anxious that he should, there seems some 

 likelihood of the Third Party position in the Vic- 

 torian House reducing itself to two. Mr. Mackin- 

 non, the leader of the Third Party in the State 

 House, addressing a meeting the other night, prac- 

 tically held out the hand of friendship to Mr. Bent, 

 who, needless to say, will be delighted to take it. 

 It will be a good object lesson in politics if this is 

 done, and will tend still further to bring about the 

 desired result of which I have made a good deal in 

 this issue, for the simple reason that the Prime Minis- 

 ter's speech has brougirt it once more into prominence 

 -i.e., the merging cf Parties as they are now known 

 simply into those who are personally opposed or 

 favourable to the measure of the hour. 



Imptrlai ^^ i^ ^ cause for chronic complaint 



Interference on the part of the heads of the State 



With Domestic Governments that the Home Govern- 



Legislation. ment, or rather the late one, carried 



out a regular system of endeavour to interfere with 



Colonial legislation. The most regrettable feature 



