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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 229, 28 March 1895, Page 2

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LOCAL OPTION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. N.3.W. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. i LABOR TROUBLES. ) (Per Press Association). , QydxeY) March 27. ) The barque Bisagua was towed into 3 Noumea safely. She is leaking badly bet low the waterline. At a meeting of members of Parliament who favour loctl option principles, it was ? agreed that there was no chance of making substantial progress this session with the movement on account of the Premier's promise to introduce a Local Option Bill next session. r George Dean, master of a ferry boat, 3 was charged with systematic attempts to ; poison his wife, at the North Sydney \ Police Court. The case was adjourned At a meeting of members of Parliament who favour the local option prin- . ciplc, it was agreed that there was no 3 chance of making substantial progress • this session with the movement, on ac--1 count of the Premier's promise to intro- [ ducc the Local Optipn Bill next session. This Day. » Through the fall in prices latit year the , colony gained £600fi00 on imports?, but . lost £1,590,000 on exports. Of the net > loss, £577.000 represents an addition to [ the interest on the public and private [ debt, while the balance is an excess of loss over gain in exchange of trade. The Wallsend miners have ballotted in . favor of organising a union in order to admit non-unionists. This is regarded ; as a step to facilitate a general strike. In the Legislative Assembly the first reading of a Bill to amend the Concilia* . tion and Arbitration Act in the direction of making arbitration compulsory was carried. Provision is also made for imposing a penalty of LIOO for the refusal by any party to produce books or documents if a dispute is about to take place or exists. .Brisbane,, March 27. Several of the earlier shearing Bheds are in full swing. Plenty of men are offering and so far there has been no trouble. Perth, March 27. At McGregor's find, Mount Catherine, ( nearly 500oz of gold has been obtained from 2c wt of stone. A rich shoot of gold has been traced along the outcrop for 100 feet.