AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 12, 15 July 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, July 13. A movement is afloat to secure the appointment of Sir A. Stephen, G.C.M.G., successor to Lord Carington, as Governor New South Wales. Sir Alfred Stephen has held the position of Acting-Governor of this colony for 18 years. The Shearers' Union have notified the squatters that they have arranged with all the water side Unions to combine to prevent the shipment of wool sheared by nonUnion labour. July 14The Kapunda district is at present infected with a gxeat plague of mice. Wheat stacks are being demolished, and many farmers are capturing 6000 of the vermin weekly. The President of the Mercantile Marine Officers Association states that the New Zealand branch is fighting its own battle with the steamship owners, the Sydney branch not having been consulted m the matter. Poulson had a relapse and died this afternoon. The old standing dispute with the colliery engine drivers has been settled, the proprietors agreeing to pay the late scale of wages. Overtime is demanded by the men after September Ist. A discovery has been made of what is believed to be a continuation of the Broken Hill silver lode at Qualta, seventy miles west of Wilcannia. Many applications have been put in for leases, and the ground will probably be rushed. Further labour troubles are threatening owing to no reply having been received to the rules secretly agreed to by the Seamen's Conference and forwarded for the steamship owners' approval a week ago. The delegates from the other colonies remain here awaiting the reply. If it does not come to hand shortly they intend to return to return to their homes, and the ruler will come into operation immediately. The seamen have notified that if the rules are not accepted they will take action at the end of the week. The French residents celebrated the fall of the Bastille by a fete at Botany Bay. The German flag among the decorations at the luncheon table excited angry feelings, and some Frenchmen tore it down. It was, however, afterwards replaced. Brisbane, July 14 On Saturday the Orangemen held a demonstration and paraded the streets, accompanied by large crowds of people. Police and troopers were present in strong force, but beyond a little hissing and hootno disturbance took place. Melbourne, July 1 3. The Premier having refused to interview the unemployed, a crowd proceeded to the railway station and interviewed Mr Richard Speight, chairman of the Railway Board, who promised to submit their representations to the Chief Secretary. Subsequently the unemployed held an indignation meeting, at which resolution were carried censuring Ministers for unconstitutional treatment and declaring the establishment of relief works necessary. The Defence authorities are on the alert in consequence of the cable interruptions. The Cerberus has been ordered to proceed to the Heads, and the torpedo boats are in readiness. No alarm is felt, but this action is taken merely as a precautionary measure combined with drill. Adelaide, July 13, Owing to the break in the cables instructions have been sent to the lighthouses and signal stations in the Gulf of St. Vincent to keep a sharp lookout and signal incoming vessels promptly. The Government has chartered the steamer Adelaide to convey messages from Port Darwin to Banjoewangie leaving the former plaoe on Tuesday. She will wait at Banjoewangie, 48 hours, in order that replies may be received to messages forwarded.

Received July 15, 1 p.m. Sydney, This Day. The German warships Alexandrina and Sperber have sailed for China and the South Pacific stations respectively. The German squadron will rendezvous here at the end of August. MEtBOtrBNR, This I/ay. The s.s. Mamari, which put in here with three blades of her propellor carried away, has resumed her voyage to New Zealand. The unemployed continue to hold demonstrations. The Salvation Army are endeavoring to find employment for some out of work, and haye over 500 names !on their books. Up to the present the Army has distributed 12,000 meals. Adelaide, This Day The cable-repairing steamer is expected to reaoh the break to-day.