AUSTRALIAN NEWS
Melbourne, May 2.9. Business is generally quiet. Mr CbShannassy. in the course of his criticism of Mr Service’s Reform Bill, declared his intention < f sending the Ministry back to the cold shades .of the Opposition. . ' The Melbourne Birthday Review was attended by 2500 Volunteers, but proved a fiasco, owing to the bad arrangements for keeping the crowd off the ground. Mr Cooper, a Government nominee, was elected Chairman of Committees by 39 against 31. Bdls are. tabled lor the better Government of. tbe. Melbourne University., and the. Abolition of Plural Voting. ... , . Sydney. J h« miners have written to the Associated Masters askina conference with a view to a • omproim’se and resumption of work. Mining matters have now quieted down at Ilamilton, and no further d siarb;*iK'Crf are feared. A sub scriptiun is being raised to support -the miners’ strike, and offers of assistance . / have also heen received from the other colonies. A raeeti gof miners appoiuti d twenty-bne men as a Committee to interview the laborers who have accepted work at the mines, nd endea. vour .to peaceably dissuade them from working. Adelaide . The Crown land sales in April brought in ,u 82,000. Nearly 0,000 navvies on Nairne railwav struck on May 18th for shorter hours and higher wages, but nearly all resum.’d work next day.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 263, 3 June 1880, Page 2
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218AUSTRALIAN NEWS Temuka Leader, Issue 263, 3 June 1880, Page 2
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