AUSTRALIA.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1716, 20 August 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

SPECIAL TO THE GLOBS. SYDNEY, August 19. THE NEWCASTLE MINERS. Tho miners have proved to be docile and tho difficulty is considered as almost terminated. Tho military and police have returned to Newcastle. SPORTING. Martindalo has greatly receded in the Metropolitan betting. Nellie is firm first favorite for the Derby, AQUATICS. Tricket is favorite at seven to four. Laycock is in splendid form. A hundred artillerymen and a strong police force have been despatched by special steamer to Newcastle to drive the miners out and regain possession of th Lambton mine. A heavy supply of ball cartridges was issued. All the collieries are idle. The men propose to do four days’ work weekly, but the managers refuse these terms. Latest news states that a mass meeting of miners vanished on tho appearance of the military. Lowe and Bray, the Lancefield Bank robbers, were captured at Sandhurst with seven hundred pounds in their possession. The landlord of the hotel is implicated. They are not ferocious fellows. One was captured while asleep at the hotel, and the other in the street. SYDNEY, August 19. Affairs at Lambton mine are quiet. Several miners’ meetings were held. A lock-out of tho Lambton men is pro hahle. MELBOURNE, August 19. Sailed —Albion. All the money has been recovered from the robbers of the Bank at Lancefield. The shareholders have confirmed the amalgamation of the Banks.