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[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. — THE ZEALANDIA AND THE SEAMEN’S UNION. DEFENCES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. AN ARMED CRUISER FOR AUSTRALIAN WATERS. THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN ENGLAND. CONVICTION AND SENTENCE OF BARNES FOR MURDER. (Received April 18, 2 a.m.) Sydney, April 17. The dispute between the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Seamen’s Union still I’emains unsettled. A Cabinet Council was held to-day, at which further measures were adopted for placing the defences of the colony in a satisfactory condition. Melbourne, April 16. The Australian superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company confirms the news that the Massiiia will be employed as an armed cruiser on the Australian station, and states that she will be handed over to the naval authorities at Sydney. Arrived, this morning, the steamship Wairarapa, from the Bluff. April 17. The Government is in receipt of a telegram from the Agent-General to the effect that the political situation in England is still very menacing. The trial of the convict Barnes for the murder of the late J. B. Slack was concluded to-day. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to death. Adelaide, April 16. Arrived, this morning, the Royal Mail steamship Lusitania, with London mails to March 13.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2675, 18 April 1885, Page 2
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