AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 115, 21 March 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright '■PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. [ Brisbane, March 19. The Federal Council of Pastoralists have announced tbat after the 20ih inst they intend to introduce free labour to take the place of the shearers who h*ive sone out on strike, and lhey will guaran tee all the mpn they take on employment for an extended periodic Slboubne, March 19. Mr Bogg, accountant in the Storage Company is missing. His defalcations are £10,000. Sydney, March 19 The case of Cottnell and Co. v. Turn, bull and Co. (Wellington) was heard today. This was a claim to recoyer £424 for alleged breach of contract in reference to the purchase of a quantity of sugar consigned to defendants. Plaintiffs urged that the consignment arrived at Wellington in a damaged state, caused during the voyage, but defendants asserted that the sugar was in a damaged condition when it was shipped. Judgment was given for the defendants. March 20. The sub committee appointed by the Federal Convention are now sitting in private It is understood the question of the Stale settling disputes between the two Houses over money bills, has been dealt with. It is believed matters to be taken over by Federal Government will be tlie same ns those assumed by the Dominion of Canada. In the breach of promise case, Vauehan v Moßae. member ot Parliament, claim £5000, a verdict was given for plaintiff for £500. (»bit vary— Mr Fletcher, M.P. for Newcastle. Labertouche, the clerk in charge of the Imperial Pensions, was to-day sentenced to five years' penal servitude on a charge of embezzlement. His defalcations totalled several thousands of pounds. * Mr David Proudfoot, contractor, well known in New Zealand, died this afternoon, while under chloroform, prior to undergoing an operation. By advertisement to-day Mr Newton King gives notice that on. Tuesday, the . 24th instant, he will hold a sale of stock ' at Stratford. The sale will take place at < ane o'clock.