AUSTRALIAN. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2043, 11 August 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN. [REU TERS TELEGRAMS.]

]\li:lbouhxk, August 8. A Military Court is sitting at Quocnschff in order to enquire into the alleged dissatisfaction manifested by the members of the permanent artillery force stationed there. An application has been made to the Supreme Court of Victoria to te->t the legality of the sentence lately parsed upon the men found guilty of insubordination.

Later. His Honour Judge Higginbotham has granted a w rit of certiorari in the case of the two gunners of the permanent artillery force, lately condemned to a term of imprisonment for insubordination, on the ground that the oih'cers composing the Coutt-martial had not subscribed to the oath in accordance with the provisions of the Discipline Act.

S\dxey, August 9. A case of small-pov has been discovered on board the Messageries Maritime's s.s. Oceanic. The vessel arrived m Port Jackson twehedays ago, and the medical authorities are informed that the eruption was visible on the third day after the vessel's arrival.

Melbourne, August 9. The Omnibus Company have put on fifty new driveis in place of the men on strike. Others will be engaged as soon as possible, co as to enable the ser\ ice to be resumed.

[Received August G, 12 15 p m.] Sydney, Monday. In consequence of the discovery of small-pox on board the Messageries 1 steamer Oceanic, the vessel has been placed in quarantine and the patient landed at the quarantine station. The ease is said to be of an extremely serious nature. Arrived, Saturday evening : Wakatipu, from Wellington. "

Melbourne, Monday, The omnibus drivers' strike hai come to an end, the men having adopted a recommendation of a number of leading citizens who counselled them to accept a compromise, the basis of settlement being fixed at a payment for each trip.