CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4449, 9 April 1883, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Eeuteb's Telegmsams.

AUSTRALIAN.

[Received April 9th, 1 p.m.] Sydney, This day. Arrired, yesterday morning, s.s. Mana* pouri from Auckland. Some of the workmen at Prospect Waterworks have struck owing to the reduction in their wages. Melboubne, This day, Arrived, on Saturday evening, s.s' Potosi from Plymouth (February 27.) The date for the Intercolonial Postal Conference has not yet been fixed. It has transpired that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has offered, in the event of the Colonies joining the Postal Union, to continue the free conveyance of the Australian mails between the Colonies and London, and vice versa. Sydney, Yesterday. An attempt was made to float the Austral at Fitzroy dock at spring tide this morning, but without success, owing to the insufficient depth of water. It is probable she will proceed direct to London about the end of May. Saturday. A further complication has occurred at Newcastle between the coal miners and managers. The masters refused to agree to the eight hours' limit and other demands which have been made by the men. ■ Melbouhnb, Saturday. Messrs C. S. Ross and Co., in this city, report the sale of a cargo of kauri pine, ex Jules Verne, at the following average prices per 100 feet:—Super, hewn logs, 13s 9d; sawn flitches, 14s 3d. The market has a downward tendency.