AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1773, 7 August 1888, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Melbourne, August 4. The meeting of Judges is b-ing held privately, but it is understood that the question of a Federal Appeal Court for 1 the Australasian colonies is being con--1 sidered. Four hundred ironworkers went out on strike to-day, demanding higher wages. Sydney, August 3. Sailed-i-Wairarapa for Auckland, At the ii qu st on the body of Morris, murdered at Blacktown, >be medical evidence was that it was impossib'e for the murderer to have returned to the hut after the injuries he received without leaving any trace whatever ou the ground. Two Chinese visited Hung Loong shortly before the murder. Ho then appeared delirium, and said Ah Sin bad lc Id him to “ kill the boss.” It is believed '(ho object of the murder was plunder, and list Loong being unsuccessful in his endeavors to obtain money the others attacked him, 1 The prist ner Hewatt, who d mmitted a terrible outrage in the police cell in June on another prisoner named Parker, has been sentcaced to death. The jury recommended him to mercy. A strong card which the Seamen’s Union intended to play in connection with the Mariposa difficulty was the refusal to supply the vessel witb coal. The Uni n is now astonished that a cargo has been secured. In anticipation of further difficulty consignees are advertising for forty men to assist in discharging the steamer. The Maritime Council is apealing to the workmn to decline the work. In June last a man was accidentally killed at Parramatta, and up to the present it had been impossible to identify the body It is mw ascertained that the deceased w*s Archibald Barr, a native of Otago. August 4. The Seamen’s Union have called out the tmn on tba Illawarra Company’s s'earners. Ibis is the company that supplied the coal to the R.M.S. Mariposa. The shipowners have expressed their willingness* to arbitrate in the Northern Steamahip Company’s dispute, end nothing else. It is not known what action the Seamen’s Union will take. In the Botany Bay case the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Louisa Collins for causing the death of the man Andrews, In the case of the child, a verdict was returned that death resulted from natural causes. August 5. The return football match between the English team and a local fifteen was played this afternoon, the Englishmen winning by 16 points to 2,