AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1610, 16 January 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

(ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH!. — COPYRIGHT.) (REDTER's I'Er,EGRAMS.) Melbourne, Thursday. On receipt of. the notice from the Sea '-■" men's union intimating their iutention to go out oil. sstrike m 24 hours, the ship owners^ withdrew the letter which they had written to Mr Murphy, the Secretary of the Trades Council, agreeing to the appointment of a Board of Conciliation under certain conditions. j Thirty-two of the men who were i brought to Victoria from New Zealand by the Waihora, are now working for thVtJnion Company/ while a similar number are employed by the A.S.N. Co. The^attitude of the remaining men is uncertain. , v Friday. A general caucus !of ihe Liberal Party was held yesterday when a continuance of the coalition government was recbm.mended. A strong feeling, however, m favor of a return, party' go verriment' was shewn by some members of the caucus. Deakin, who was present, agreed to abide' by the decision of the party, and the proceedings were ndjourned until Tuesday nest. . A meeting ot the Seamen's Union was held last night when it was declined to ajgree to the appointment of a Board of Conciliation, and pledged themselves to resume work only when the demands of the wl larf laborers > were ■ satisfied. . The Employers Union acting ; m coniunctionj with the Traders Council, is endeavoring to inter<jeds for a settlement. .of. thediffi-, culty. ' lii consequence of the' strike, the' departures bf the coasting steamers are being delayed. '' . Members of the Cooks' • and Stewards'*; Union decided to go, out on strike torday,, H.M.S. Myrmidon is at i present engaged m resurvcyjng , lihe straits m the. neighborhood of Wilson's Promontory, where, 'the; Gulf of Carpentaria was wrecked. '. It is announced, that the Eight .Rev. DrjMoorehouse, jßishop of Melbourne, lias accepted the differ made him by Lord . Salisbury^of the See of ' Manchester, vacaUd by tke death of thelate Dr Frauer. ' ■ ; V A* cbrre«pondent of the Southland' Times writing^ , about^ thel " veryfh.arftj times? says l .•^Tlnng^ art* bad, very bad I - so bad,and«jed, that a party, of diggers, on the Waiau have, frolm a rkddobk'of 12 rf«e;fc square,' taken J3OO worth of gold. 'That's veryj ba( * ' * sn ' 4t ? l H ce £ 0 9pk. » to smash them. I also- krfow f of^another party,- within twenty .miles of Invercargill| making befcwe'eii v £% and. Jo a' man' per week. That's also -very bad ; dread* ful bad ! — I hoDe these bad times will continue for! the sake. b£ everyohßj'batJ : suppose you have lots of unemployed, at least Lsupppse.the^peqple jwhp are always, seen loafing' arpjind , tl^e old bank corner ca^l themselves the unemployed \ because, ■they haven't a heart as big as a sparrow's, or they have ldstshame und 1 consequently won't wprk.' Looks 'like bad times— a circus billed and the theatre also running. Last ye,ar ,m eight ,d.ays, the circus shifted } witli the then dull times, a smalV credit account from this town to the tune of iJ2OOO, while another company ,' m the theatre were taking 'an average "of ±'60 a nights ••• \ lllJ! - f - :w: ■■■•- : ■■ '■■' The' writer of " Random Notes " m the Clutha^Leader asserts "that 1 there is an' illicit still m operation not a hundred miles, from ;Balclutha,?anaJlhat the num-; ber m Otago runs into double figures. -The .Incorporated Law fSogiety.mei last week at Liverpool, and a paper ,w.as! read by Mr upon " Counsel, Solicitors, knd their Clients." Mr Learoyd, whose views were strongly suppor-. ted by his audience, contended that the. expense and delay of; legal. proceedure were chiefly due, not tiT 'solicitors, but to barristers, who' liadeYfiook' leases -they^ could not possibly attend to, and were responsible for the'; present' condition of affairs '?> which was a scandal and little .better than a fraud," ? The •"•wealthiest maiden ; lady m the United States is . Misa Catherine Wolff. iShe-doe« not oeutre her affections m a husband, hut she has aspirations all the She has determined to discover the site of the Garden of Eden. For this purpose .she set apart about a year. ago sii^of £25,00p( ; and the Rev, William Hays Ward was •bmmisaidned, like another Columbus, to sail on a voyage of discovery. TCh'e reyerend gentleman has just returned to America after a fruitless sojourn of ten months at the sources of the' Tigris and the, Euphrates. ._, ; , The first year of married life is not always the happiest, though it ought alt!Wßys'tb|be yery happy. Li y,inif together >happilyjjß ad art which the. most' affectionate couple oannbt ordinarily learn m ,a, j y'ejLi. , • Eaoh^bao-to -make- iom« un.pleaaani, discoveries and to overcome ■some fixed inclitiationsf^True.happin'esSj beginsl |! wueu these^J "discpreiiJß^' _' Iwye rbeeen made, and eaqh is thbrQughly" resolved to make the other ao'kappyas liappy aa possible for all time. '^ v (j v When! a man, dips, suddenly v with- , out having been>atte|nd]a9 by; a d;octer."i says a popular guide to the law, *' the ! coroner has .tobe'cailed I','in1 ', 'in iarid lan inquest held: to ascertain the) cause of death But," add's'tfte writer- « when he idießiafter havjug been attended by a dpctor, then' : 'everyone kiiowi i, Why- he dieH'and an : ,ibquest iinot necessary;" . Th^e annual /banquet of,, thei. jsurriyprii of the chargeipf .the Light jßrig^de^^t 'Balaclav/a ' ;^pok , . place „at the ( ; Rpyal «qhariuifnj . s ;^stminßter, ( There .^re; 54 sniTivdrßujpreient^and letters wure ruceiv»d.from; others m; Ne,w, .ZeaUnd, and other distant parts. Lady Cardigan; sont a: present for, each one. According to : a St Petersburg paper, the, Ruissian traveller Fodtsohenko re. cently discovered m Turkestan • a plant whicHis Baid to be an excellent specific' agßihit c'h'oleraahd' ty!phus. -i lt is used by the tiativeaof Central Asia against alkkuids'pf-itfaladieß, aad' every effort; has been made to* keep its ; properties from the knowledge of Ecirop^arifl. The plant, which is named Ferula tumbul has been acclimatised m the Moscow botanical garden. ■ '' In South Ausfralia^ there ,is a'" town oalled^Burelm, pronounce^ lately , YooTeelya,j originally ifooreliiir. " This is Turner's Eiat, ; 'f sri 't ! it ?" bstid':«' ' stranger' as he entered ' ; the , tpwriship 1 ' to a man working jori the "road, laconically replied the metal spreader. "What!"' enjaculated the traveller sharply, j /'Oh;! I' am, am I ?"s said the stranjer disnaountlng. "Now tK«'n, cpihe on; here." «,' Wjidt the double blanlcV the matter ' with ' >v ?" qjieeried the navvyi ' ! « Tnis gory tow.nship named, Yoorehar, . I aim\t got iime to fight it; '' Iv« had two nir-thtaV up and downers over the sanguinary place already. Go and punch tTie| Town' C6uncil- i -they t re meeting to-day.,' , ■ ■■'■'•• .■■<\- v " : »'« j • Remember that a little Hop Bitters saves ■ g Doctor's bills, mid cures when all else tails. . Don't ' take unless Am., Co.'3 make. 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