AUSTRALIAN.
Sydney, April 24, The embaukments at Louth have given way, and the town is flooded. /pril 2a. A umn, whoso namo has not been ascertained, was savagely murdered iu the Domain last night, The body, which was horribly mutilated, was thrown into tho harbour. TL>e police have no clue as to who committed the deed. Adelaide, April 2-1. H.M.S. Cordelia, whioh replaces tho Calliope on tho Australian station, has arrived here. Melbourne, April 25. At the 'annual meeting of. the Chamber of Commerce,a motion was passed expressing approval with the proposed postal reductions to the colonies, 11 was aho suggested that it would he preferable to join the Postal Union.'
The Labor Agitation.
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Berlin, April 24. The miners' strike m Silesia lias collapsed. Tho Emperor William, loarniug that Socialistic riots are oxpected on May Ist, intends to suppress all meetings, and will arrest persons taking part in tho'gatherings in tho streets,
The town of Biala, on tlie Vistula on Valencia, was sacked by four thousand rioters. The military being called out an engagement took place between them and the rioters, Eleven of the latter were shot dead. Washington, April 28, It -is feared that the labor demont stration in America will be a failure* Tho Icdianopolis masters have conceded tho terms demauded by the men. Chicago, April 28. A riot has occurred between the men on strike, and the police were ill-treated, Fifty of the strikers have ljeen arrested. Vienna, April 28, Strikes are becoming universal throughout Austria, and in Moravia the Jews have been attacked. The Government workmen at Buda Pesth have been granted a holiday on May Ist to enable them to take part in the labor demonstration..
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3495, 26 April 1890, Page 2
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327AUSTRALIAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3495, 26 April 1890, Page 2
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