AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2671, 28 October 1882, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

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[Per b i. Wakatipu, at Wellington.] SYDNEY, October 21. la the Assembly the Contagious Diseates Bill, brought in by Mr Farmer, has been referred to a seleot committee. The Land Bill has been introduced, but the •eoond reading will not take place for nearly three weeks. It is said that the Opposition in the House will support the measure. The strike among the iron workers still Temains unsettled, owing to the dispute with Hudson Bros, on th«s eight hours question. The firm offers piece work, whioh the men xejeot. A further extension of sixty miles on the Bnblio railway was opened yesterday. The whole of the men employed on the Hepean waterworks struck for a reduction in the hours of labor to eight hours a day. The workmen on the TJralla and Glen Innes railway have struck for an increase of ■wages. The painters' dispute is not yet settled, the masters ref using the demands of the men. Thursday was observed in the Anglioan Churches as a day of humiliation and prayer tax rain.

Dr. Badham, of Sydney University, and the Hon. W. B. Dally, have consented to deliver lectures in aid of the Kendal fund. Bevelatious published in referenoe to the so-called Artisans' College and Agricultural Training School led to the breaking np of the establishment.

MELBOUENE, Ootober 21. It is rumored that a general strike is likely to take place among the iron moulders. The premises ocoupied by Briscoe and Co., ironmongers, Collins street, was offered at auction, and £46,000 was bid. The reserve was £72,500-

Superintendent Winoh end Sab-Inspector Earner have replied to the charges made ■gainst them of obtaining money from publicans. Winoh denies that he had comknitted any offence.