AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1913, 12 April 1880, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

[By Telegraph.] AUCKLAND, April 8. The Bismarck brings the following Australian news:— NEW SOUTH WALES.

The miners' delegates held a meeting at Waratah and resolved, " That we do not start work under the reduction until such time as we know as to what condition we work under." The Government have issued instructions to the miners to hand over the Newcastle life saving apparatus to the care of the permanent Artillery force, command of Lieut. Patourel.

Mr Whistler, snb-manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Newcastle, was the winner of Jones' consultation. He drew Petrea, and 'won £950. QUEENSLAND. A fire occurred at Corbett's butcher's shop, Oooktown, and the damage done amounted to £3OO, which was covered by insurance in the New Zealand Company's office. The rent due by the free selectors under the Laud Acts of 1868 and 1866 came in remarkably well. 85 per cent, of the total has been paid to dale Messrs Neal Bros, have returned to Edinburgh after five months* prospecting Vat the watershed at Mulgrave and the head of the Johns tone. No discoveries of importance were made. A party under Mr W. Pack, Government geologist, is going through to Somerset. Nothing more than some shotty colors of gold have been found. The Irish relief committee have forwarded £IOOO to the Mayor, making a total to date of £ll,lOO to the colony. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Messrs "Walker and Swan, the contractors for the first section of the Maine railway, have signed the contract for £182,000. . Mr John Robertson, squatter, of Struan House, died yesterday. The deceased was one of the pioneers of the Southern district. He was well known for his princely hospitality.