AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1609, 15 January 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

< ELEUTKCC TKLKUKAPH . — COPYRIGHT.), iREUTEIt's rEUBGRAMS.) Melbourne, Wednesday. ; The seamen's Union has resolved to give the shipowners twenty-four hours' notice of the intention of the members of tlif Union to strike work. The fire at Messrs Jones and Co's bonded store originated near the debris of the recent conflagration. The tire is n6w extinguished. Damages are not : yet • ascertained. The Seamen's strike will probably af■ftct 50 steamers. ~-Tit&. Seamen's : Union have received iin answer from the New Zealand Seamen's Union declining to cooperate pending receipt of further information from the Victorian Union. ■•'.•■, ■ . 1} ; .Thursday. ' Arrived— Wailiora from the Bin ff. ' The Hon. James Service, addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents at Castlemaine.last night. In fhe course of | his%peech s he claimed that the Coalition Ministry was most beneficial to the country ..ind urged its continuance under Mr Gillies and Mr Leaken. He claimed credit for his Ministry for having abolished political patronage m the Civil Service, and also for doing away with the political patronage -m ithe Civil Service, and also for doing away with the,political management of. railways and substituting a permanent board. Mr ? Service informed his constituents thaV £he cause' of his retirement from political life, was ill-health. -Theiiieri bh^bbaird the Waihora joined the Seamen's 'Union'en masse on ; the arrival of the vessel here. The Stewards' andiCooks' Union held a .meeting yester-j day when it was resolved to join the i strike. ' ' ' '„' - ' | 'The. medical' authorities at the Melbourne Hospital state that on Tuesday morning, the day of the Coilingwodd bank outrage, a- youth came to the hospital and was treated for a bullet wound. It if believed, by the police that .the individual m question is ■-. ideiitified with one of the wouid-be robbers who hat up^tp the prosentr eluded pursuit. Pursuance to a ; notice givjen to the shipo*heirs that all the seameb emplbyeaVbj) intercolonial steamers have work with the exception of the .men, belonging tp'thej Uh!Qn^^)timany,i,New>Zealand;»nl ? ldelaide'Stea ; mshrp%t)mpifh^ '-Trie latj ter Company melded; to, .the demands of the Union, because it already pays the 1 Union rates m Adelaide. The seamen and firemen employed* on thejTarmanian , Steam Navigation 1 Company's s.'s. Pateena deserted ]vet, . before the ye.sse.l wa% to leaVe .for, Launcestonl The captfini hovvever, proceed on the , voyage, relying on the mates and engineers, and a number of volunteers amongit the passengers to work the ship. ! ; ' /£ ;. v Adelaide, "VVeduesdav. ; T.he search party which have bean endeavqiiririg to find traces of Helb missing men oh Cliftoh hills; report having ai^b'ove'red two more bodies,' 'making a' total' of 'five:< Pour men are still • to be aocountedtfor. ' .( : ,•>.•! -..■/, .i -.. ;' 1 ;, [''■■ HoßAavp^ Tttrsdayy 1 i Tlie JDoric arrived here ifciiis aft^irnooxi.