AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 130, 2 June 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. [per united press association.! Melbourne, June 1. . A Chinese passenger by the Afghan, who was prevented from landing, has issued a. writ against the (Collector of Customs claiming £10,000 damages! If the s-iit should prove successful eleven other cases wiU follow. Captain George, of the barque Verona, has been arrested on a charge of starving one of his crew to death on the voyage from Brisbane to this port. A man named Halher, who. gave himself up to the police, stating that he had shot dead an obonginal at Durham, was brought tip before the Court to-day and acquitted, it being shown that the native was in the act of throwing a spear at Halher, who fired in self-defence. Sydney, May 31. Locally made butter, Is 3d to ls9d; the supjoly is decreasing; bast imported in good demand at Is to Is 3d. Cheese is in good demand, at 7d to Bd. Bacon, 9d. Hams, Is to la Id. Oats, heavy milling, 2s 31; heavy feed. 2s to 2s 2d ; the market is dull. New Zealand bran, lOd ; local bran, 10_d ; market is dull, there being large stocks on hand. Pol* lard, quiet at lOd. Maize, plentiful at 2s 4dt»2ssd. Warnambuol potatoes. 45s f 0 47_ RA . circular?, 60s 5d- New Zealand potatoes, 55s to 60s ; supply equal to demand. Wheat: milling,. 3s 9d ; chick, 3*. Onions, £'5 10s. The bushrangers who stuck up an hotel at Wargett on Friday hare been arrestedThey are brothers named Cain, and were tracked over 100 miles from the scene of the exploit by the police and black trackers. The death sentence passed on Denitt has been commuted to imprisonment for life. Since the visit of the Redmond broth* ers in' 1884 the Sydney branch of the National Lengue has remitted £10,500 as assistance to the Home Rule agitation. Mr McElhone, upon being arrested by the Sergeant at*. Anns, apologised to the : House, and withdrew his remarks. He was then released from custody. In tbe Council the Chinese Bill was read a second time on the voices, and passed through the Committee pro forma. A company has been registered with a capital of £1,000,000, with power to increase to £2,000,000, to purchase or lease the tramways. :• It is anticipated that the Government will call for tenders for the purchase or lease, within the next few days. Adelaide, May 31, A number of armed blacks are threatening .the Lutheran mission station at Kopperamanna. near Lake Hope,' Cooper's Creek district, where they have murdered two native shepherds.,: A number of black trackers and troopers have been dispatched to the scene. Parliament was opened to»day. ; Brisbane, May 31. The total yield of gold from the Croydon fields for the last eight months is 64,000 ounces. Two miners, named Wilson and Benson, were blown to pieces to-day at the bottom of a mine at Charters Towers. It is supposed they were tampering some dynamite with a steel drill. Hobart, May 31. Arrived — Arawa, at 4 o'clock this af«' ternoon. She sails at 2 a.m. on Friday for New Zealand. She brings 76 passengers for Australia, and 64 for New Zealand.