ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1782, 22 April 1874, Page 2

ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydney, Apri 7. The bill limiting the period of impisonment for debt has received the loyal assent. The British consul at Fiji has isauid a proclamation warning British subject* not to accept drafts on the publio Treasury, it ' being empty, and owing LB7,oojo,jWi«iont a prospect of paying. •, f Hundreds are returning from the ITorth Queensland diggings. A, postal convention has been. arranged with the Honolulu Government. .. Miss Howard, -the great American actress, has arrived, under engagement U> Mr Coppin. She leaves for Melbourne to-morrow by the City of Adelaide. At a meeting of Radicals, it was resolved to present M. Rochefort with a congratulatory address on escaping from a French prison!. . ; . „ .; , JT ., M . Mr Loohan, mail contractor, has been found dead near Gundarpo. A son of Chief-constable Fitzpatrick has been drowned while bathing near Windsor. Mr Probert, editor of the Hawkesbury Times, lo3t. his life in attempting to savehim. V . Captain Fitzsimmons of the A.S.N. Company's service, has died after t& short illness. : \ I ■ Adelaide,' April 8. The Queen has assented to the Constitution Act Amendmeut Bill/by which the Attorney-General need not be in Parliamyritj and which also provides for the appointment of a sixth Minister. All the engines. at the: Moonta mines are stopped. The tradesmen have expressed sympathy with the miners. A committee of the miners wiU not eMJftain any idea of arbitration, and there^is no prospect of an immediate, .termination of the.Btrike. Several promises of donations and assistance have been'giyeri. n Working has been'Btopped at Wallar bby except at - the pumping engines. ■■••■■-■<■■■ v Mr Reynolds writes from the Northern Territory in greatVconfiderice in the goldbearing nature of the country, and says that non-success is owing to sending expensive machinery md the negligence of managers. .. .- A number of women.armed wiih brooms visited the engine-house of the Wallaroo mine and turned out Mr Higgs, the' superintendent, and compelled the men to put out the fires. There is some talk of the men proceeding in a. body to .Adelaide. The directors still decline to accede. to the demands of the men. At a meeting" to-day the miners resolved that the I Dbora mine should hot be stopped; also that the wood-carters.; and: men ."employed in the fuse factory should not be interfered witfe Ten troopers have been .despatched io Clare in case riots occur. * ' '- ; ■•-■■■:•:.■■- April 10. The banquet toColonel Warbutton last night was a great 'success. . He made an excellent speech, ascribing.thepreservation of the lives of. himself and party to Charley, his black boy. A vote of thanks was tendered', to: the West Australian people for their kindness to the; explorers. The miners' strike continues, and the indignation against: the : directors is becoming more intensified. A Bum of LIOOO has been contributed towards the relief fund, and the men in smaUer mines not on strike contribute- LSOO weekly to the support of the funds. "The Wallaroo smelting works are expected to •' close on Saturday, having no ore to smelt. At a meeting held at Adelaide last night, sympathy was expressed with the miners, and the Mayor was petitioned to hold a large meeting. ■ - • r , , April U. A deputation from the miners has left Wallaroo to interviewthe'AdelaidiJiuners. The miners deny any ihtentitfoTto act riotously! The arrival of; 15 troopers at Wallaroo is much deprecated. : April 13. A deputation from the Wallardo miners reached Adelaide to-day, and 'had an interview with the .directors. They stated their grievances, 'and the. directors promised a reply to-morrow afternoon. The miners have told off 20 men to preserve the engines from injury, but the firemen "and enginemen have refused to work. The public meeting which was to have been held to-night has been postponed until Wednesday. Yesterday a- number of sermon 3 were ! preached on the subject. Moonta shares have dropped to Lls. The Biirra mine shows a loss J during* the past half-year,- but the mine is considered in igood condition, and there: is LI9OO of a credit balance. Brisbane, April 8. The Legislative Aaaembly is discussing the tariff. The Government has withdrawn the measurement duties, and substituted ad valorem duties on a gradually decreasing scale. ' ■ ,■•■-. ....... .. .April U. An official telegram from Cookstown reports matters as very bad. The place is greatly overdone by .the rush, and numbers are without means. Serious results are likely to ensue, if the rush continues. . .. ... ;:; .