AUSTRALIA.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2240, 22 May 1880, Page 2

AUSTRALIA.

[Reutee’s Agency.] An Old deader in his War-paint. Melbourne, May 21. In the Legislative Assembly, Sir John O’Shanassy has shown open hostility to the Government. Mr Service’s Reform Bill was read a first time in the Assembly last night without division. The debate on the

second leading will commence on Tuesday. Minlner Slots. Sydney, May 12. The Lambton miners’ strike is assuming a most threatening aspect, and those out on strike are evincing open hostility to others who have filled their places. The demonstration of miners against the laborers' working at Hamilton was continued to-day, when two miners were arrested for assault. Disturbances are reported from the Newcastle district, owing to the strike. Two hundred women and crowds of children mobbed some of the laborers at the Australian Agricultural Company’s mine. The police were powerless to suppress the outbreak. Nobody was seriously injured during the disturbances. , A repetition of the mob. bing is threatened. Electoral. ■A clause has been introduced into the Electoral Bill now before the Assembly which requires candidates for election to deposit £4O. Queensland Tin. Another discovery of tin has been made near Thornborough, in Queensland, but the exact locality at present is kept secret.