AUSTRALIAN GABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 211, 11 January 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN GABLES.

— « _ THE CASE OF MRS KNORR. THE PRISONER GREATLY DISTRESSED. DISTRESS IN SYDNEY. MORE FLOODS IN VICTORIA. A TRACT OF COUNTRY UNDER WATER. ; (PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION.) | Sydxky, January 10. j The Government intend to proceed i with the Estimates as soon as Parliament resumes. It is unlikely the federation question will be touched till next session. This Day. A large increase of "tote" betting houses has been reported and the attention drawn to them in the Legislative Assembly has caused the Minister of Justice to make enquiry into the evil. As a result lie has written a mmnte to his subordinates that, in his opinion, nothing but imprisonment without the option of a fine will destroy the dishonest traffic of " tote " shops. The police allege they have a clue to the perpetrator of the murder of Umvin who was poisoned at Glebe. A conference of delegates from the building trades has been opened. Among the questions to . be discussed are the best method of dealing with the unemployed, the advisability of holding an intercolonial conference with the view of establishing an Australian building trade union ; to secure uniformity of hours and combined action of the trades in event of strikes. The chairman stated that fully 6000 men of various trades were unemployed in Sydney and the distress in Sydney at the present time is appalling. Mr H. M. Nelson, Premier of Queensland, returned by the Taluine last night from his trip through New Zealand. In the course of an (interview he said he was much impressed with the good effect the frozen meat trade had on New Zealand. Mklbou'ine, .January 10. Mrs Knorr is now greatly distressed as the day of execution draws near, and efforts to obtain a commutation of the sentence appears to be fruitless. The damage done by the recent floods in the Snowy River district is estimated at £68,000. The jury who investigated the loss of the Alert having added a rider to the verdict regretting that the disaster was not observed at the Cape Schanch Lighthouse, the officials state that they duly signalled the steamer and saw her for half an hour afterwards. In forwarding his report to the Commissioner of Customs Dr Wallaston, Coroner, added a minute to the affect that there was always a disposition on the part of the public to blame some Government official when any sad disaster occurred. Ths experts appointed to consider the mattrr report that several vineyards in t'.e Bendigo district are badly affected wifh phylloxera. One member stated thit tbe whole wine industry of the Colony was jiojardiaed bj the outbreak. This Day. The Marine ."Board has decided to charge the Captain of the steamer Teuderden, which ran ashore on a reef in McDonald Buy at the end of last month, with misconductThe gold yield for last year was 707,0000z5, being an increase of 44,000 ounces on the preceding year. Perth. This Day. All the country in the vicinity of Upper Fortescue, in the N.W. division of the colony, is under water. A wall of water rose 30 feet in half an hour. Bbij-uane, This Day Pastoralists in the districts round the Gulf of Carpentaria are taking concerted action to induce a company to commence operations on the Gulf for the export of frozen meat. They have given a pledge to take up a certain number of shares in the Company, paying for them in either cash or cattle, and guarantee to supply at the least five per cent of their stock. They are prepared to deliver cattle for three farthings per lb dead weight.