AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 245, 21 February 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

AN IRATE POLITICIAN. THE UNEMPLOYED DIFFICULTY. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. (per press association ) Sydney, February 20 A sum cf £IGS has been uwardrd the policemen enguged in the recent encounter with burglars, the amounts ranging from £o to £25 per man. An amalgamation has been effected between the Shearers' nnd the General Labourers' Union, and the two bodies nre now conferring together. This is the first step towards a general amalgamation of bush unions. The difficulty with the Southern miners has beon settled and work will be resumed idj mediately, though fewer hands will be taken cm till trade improves. This Day. Mr Hinclle, M.L.C., in au address at Lithgow, denounced Parliament for containing drunken blackguards. The matter was brought before the House, and the Premier gave notice of motion to the effect that the statement was a gross libel on the House. The tributors in the Co-operative mine have notified thej will stop work to dny Melbottbnb. Fsbruar? 20. A difficulty is threatened iv the boot trade, owing to the proposal of the masters to reduce the log prices. - The Cabiuet has commuted the death sentence passed upon Bennett, for shooting a boy under circumstances of great provocation, to imprisonment for 15 years. This Day. i Advice has been received from London of the death of the Hon. Jas. McPherson, who was Premier of Victoria in 1869. Adelaide, This Day. A committee has been formed to carry out the scheme formulated by Sir J. W. Downes to relieve the unemployed. The committee purpose gathering subscriptions to take up mineral leases and employ the men in prospecting for metals. Hob art, This Day. A man named Normoyle shot a man named Knight dead. The tragedy is attributed to the alleged infidelity of the former's wife.