AUSTRALIAN.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 293, 10 September 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

THE SCOTT EXPEDITION. Sydney, Last Night. The dogs for the Scott Antarctic expedition have arrived in good condition. A veterinary tests them before transhipping to the Moana. THE SLAUGHTERING TROUBLE. Sydney, Last Night. The Slaughtermen's Union has accepted the agreement with the Pastoral and Finance Company, similar to Messrs Birt's two contracts, which absorbs about one hundred slaughtermen. KILLED AND EATEN. CANNIBALS SURPRISE NATIVES. Sydney, Lats Night. News has been received from the Bismark Archipelago that two natives, employed on a plantation near Wilhelmshiven, were surprised by a horde of savages and killed and eaten. A punitive expedition has been despatched. PERTH TRAM STRIKE. SETTLEMENT COME TO. Received September 10, 8.30 a.m. Perth, This Day. The terms of the tram strike settlement are that ninety strikers return to their old positions and work in unison with the non-unionists who have been operating the ears during the past

four weeks. They will work under the Arbitration award, which they previously refused. The award provides a ninety-six hours' fortnight, and a shilling an hour.

LABOUR AND COERCION ACT. Sydney, This Day. Mr McGowan declares that if returned to power, the Labour party will repeal the Coercion Act. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. Sydney, This Day An earthquake of unusual severity was recorded at River View College observatory at mid-day yesterday. THE SEARCH FOD GOLD. NOT ALL PROFIT. Adelaide, This Day. A party of gold diggers from Tanami report that there is not enough payable gold to compensate for the hardships endured by them. GOLD DISCOVERY. Perth, This Day. A prospector near Mount Egerton has discovered a reef bearing five ounces of gold to the ton.