AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 259, 9 March 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

«. MINE STRIKES. COSTS of the MERCANTILE BANK CASE. WATER SELLING AT 5/- PER GALLON. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Newcastle, This Daj\ lv consequence of the damage to the Seahani coal pit, caused by the recent heavy rains, three hundred men are thrown out of employment. The Stockton turners, by a majority of ionr, have declared the strike on again. As a result of the late floods, considerable damage has been done to the railway hues iv various parts of the district. Melboubne, This Daj. The Mcrcautilc Bank prosecutions will probably cost the Crown about five thousand pounds. Adelaide. This Day. A labour difficulty, involving freedom of contract, has occurred at Port Adelaide, where the company employed free men alongside the Unionists, and the latter struck in consequence of the company refusing to discharge the uou-Uiiioinsts. The Steamship Owners' Association support the company. Perth. This Day. At the scene of Kurualpi rush, near Coolgavdie, the ground is rich but patchy. Water is extremely scarce on the field, and is selling at five shillings per gallon. Hobart, This Day. The no confidence debate is still proceeding. An attempt will be made to secure support for the Ministry by offering a concession to the land owners by fixing the Land Tax at a balfj>enuy up to £500 and three farthings beyond that amount.