AUSTRAILIAN NEWS.
,Y.y.,.il ■.-■■. :y*., >r Yyy..,Y Cbeutbb's teikokams.) x, t.I, r Stpmey, J^nuary-8. Continuous 'l&ea vy. rkins.. Are falljn|f^in this colony and-the bush fires are being extinguished, -in .consequence of the great damage which has been done by them in the western,- district/of -Viotoria ; may';B,ettler_ are completely burnt 'out. V The men employed in the flour mills in Melbourne have demanded a reduction of. work to eight hours per deim or a total 0f 748 hours weekly. The masters are yielding to the requests of the men. Melboubne, January 7. The arrangementr ' 'conctdJed by the shipowners in view of the laborers' strike - are proving satisfactory, and no difficulty is expected' in discharging or loading at the Melbourne wharves. - The drought, which had been prevalent in Australia for -some time, has now broken, and good rains have been experienced throughout the colonies during the last 24 hours. Y.y.. Illy
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 90, 9 January 1886, Page 2
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