AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 127, 28 November 1893, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(PEB PBEBS ASSOCIATION.) Sydney, November 27. The schooner Meg Merrilies, on arrival at Bismarck Island, was seized by the German authorities until a fine of £150 is paid for taking coloured labor from Howes Group without a license The Captain says the men were only shipped as a crew, and intended to enter the island trade. He will represent the matter to the New South Wales Government. This Day. The analysis of coal obtained from the Cremorne borings shows it is a good household article, with excellent steaming properties. Sir George Dibbs says the Government intend to oppose the third reading of the Abolition of School Fees Bill, as they regard the measure in tho light of an electioneering cry. . The Government do not intend to drop a single measure they have in band, consequently it will be impossible for the session to close before Christmas.

The Government hare decided to construct a new tunnel through the Blue Mountains at a cost of a auarter of a million, thus doing away with the great zigzag line. Melbourne, November 27. Warnock, a resident of Camberwell, has filed owmgto depreciations of inyestmenta id stock, Liabilities, £64,000; assets, L 30,000, This Day The Minister of Trades and Customs is making enquiries as to what effect it would have on the revenue if the proposal to make Melbourne a free port was carried out. Last year the pilotage and tonnage dues of vessels arriving in ballast was a little over £1000 Justice Hood has granted an application for permission to make a call on shareholders in the Anglo-Australian bank though he expressed an opinion it was scarcely worth while making it as the liquidator stated he expected to receive only £275 out of a total liability of £150,000 Brisbane, November 28 A severe gale swept over the city and much damage was done at Goollna, and nearly every window was broken by the hail. The crops in the district were severely damaged Adelaide, This Day. Mr Woods, the labor member, has re. quested the police to investigate the charge of bigamy which has been made against him. The authorities are com municating with the English authorities on the matter. As a result of the discussion on the importation of Chinese into Australia, the Orient Steamship Company has decided to introduce no more Chinese passengers from Colombo