AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1496, 2 November 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BY ELECTRIC TisLEOBAPAr^PYRIOHT^ (REUTERS' TELEGRAMS.") Melbourne,: Saturday .. Heavy rain has been falling for several hours. Thoa«h thfl father is clear at ! present it remains . Yerythreaiening. j Tlie Victorian Cricket. Association received a communication f rom the New South "Wales Association refusing to cooperate with Victoria tin sending Houre a representative Cricket team to Bagtancl next year. " ; ' | The Seamen's Union pf Victoria lefd a special meeting yesterday to coug^er the action of" the Sydney. Union m connection with the recent difficulty betweem the coal-trimmers and shipowners m New South Wales. Resolutions were* adopted indicating greai disapproval of the attitude assumed, the: SydneyUnion; -and the Opinion was expressed! that they had been guilty o£ a breach of the agreement entered into last year between the Federated Seamen;s Union and the shipowners. It was resolved that the Victbriari- Union? could not* support? the Sydney body m the action taken,, and .it; wag decided to send; the: Yictorjau Secretary to Sydney as a delegate to try and bring about m amicable settlement Of thQidiflicUlty. !,T " Wt?Y<J rr-r A. hbt wind has been blowing for the"' last three days, and a change- of-weather*-apge^ars imminent for to-morrow. „ - XJ . arrived yesterday evening from London. His Etninence.Cardinal senger tor Sydney. ■? *«■ H*J > S;yppY, Saturday. I Th« JJnipn.. Company's r sjß % TOikatiptt.^ .saUe^foj pn) ?»«js^jjltej t | noon. " ' .• * • ;A deputation from the Chamber of ''Commerce \raite'<f upon tfie iiPostawsteK (ieneral (Mr See) yesterday m reterence to the '.iiew. Sahi Francisco ioHiK^s*ic^& Mr See, m. reply tQ ; thß, ; daput%tron, said the Government were_b_ound io carry on the, pew. service untU the, question had , beenae^ded.ibyPar^^ftt^e'^Dlß^--hiving been iighed conjointly <l wli3i t NewZealand, subject to the-approral of the xNew South Wales Parliament. ■ n A»\p%bfici'i .meeting was afterwards held^ at which resolutions was passed . condemniug the hdw.^imaU -. contract, .and^pronouncjtnff« strongly m favor of the" continuance 0 or a direct service* ■ . . . .- ..x^^^n^y^ ' , | A match has been arranged between Beach and Matter.son^f orTbhe championship of the world and £2^aside. The . contest will jjxka pliipe .^••on%tfie 19th ■December. ! vV--' ; '-- y sv'-v''s:' : 7- :; y'-- hi ■■■.