AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 165, 14 August 1886, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

.» :ux <--« „, r , Syt»HßY,&th August,, Good* raina havo fallen throughout the "•* 5 < - „**.<•" - . • \, -' t :? country, , , , - If o decision has yet been come to, in the brtclcmakers* strike. ■ The Government wil 1 take no. active part in connection with the, testimonial to the Prince of Wales. • . - > George Berner, late chief clerk in the Railway Departments has, been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. . Messrs Wright, Heaton, and three othere have been committed for trial on the charge of conspiracy to defraud. ; The two other defendants .were acquitted. It- is very improbable that the American barque Chasca will proceed to Wellington from this port, not being considered sufficiently seaworthy. " Melbourne, August 4th. The Government intend to amend the Public Service Act in many'important par ticulars. Disorderly proceedings took place at a demonstration of the Shop Employed Union, and two arrests were made. The ironmasters are determined to resist the demands of their workers, and a general lock-out may take place about the middle of the month. j The Premier has promised to consider the proposal from the Geographical Society to send out an Antarctic Exploring Expedition, and it is thought that the neighbouring colonies should be asked to join. A large number of the " unemployed " assembled today, and asked the Govern- . xaent to give them 5s a day to tide over the winter. The Minister of Works said that the . Government works were fully employed. Most of these men had come from South Australia, Sydney, and New Zealand,