AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT) (REUTEIi's TELEaRAMSi). Melbourne, Monday. . The P. & 0. Pekin arrived yesterday rooming from London. . Drivers m the employ of the Melbourne,. Omnibus Company haye struck work, demanding a reduction of their work to eight hours per diem. . . A gazette notice has been issued an- ' nouncing that the restrietioiis which have been enforced for soiiie time past, with regard to the entrance of vessels into Port Philip have now been removed, and that free navigation to all parts of [the harbour is now permitted. ' The trial by the court martial of the insubordinate members of the Victorian Permanent Artillery Fjorce is stitt. proceeding/. ' . ■■'..'■„.■'',<■'■■ ~ ■'-■' Tho Melbourne Omnibus Company has declined to accede to . tha demand of tlie - di-ivors for the reduction of the .working time to eight hours per day, and the men have accordingly decided to remain out on strike. . ■ - \ . .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 56, 4 August 1885, Page 2
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143AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 56, 4 August 1885, Page 2
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