AUSTRALIAN. [REUTERS TELEGRAMS. ]
Sydney, January .">. The Hauroto arrived from New Zealand this morning. The New South Wales revenue returns were published to-day. They show the revenue for the quarter ended December olst to be £2,200,000, being a decrease of £170 compared with the corresponding period last year. The total revenue for the year just passed amounts to 7,390,000, an increase of £471,000 compared with last year, while the expenditure for the year amounts to £6,820,000.
Mklbouhnk, Jiinuary ."). The effects of the wharf labourer's strike are extending in other directions, but the masters remain firmly united. A large number of steamers engaged in the intercolonial trade have been laid up, including the Gabo Fiados, Buuinyong, Corangamite, Burrunibelt, and others. Messrs Howard, Smith and Sons, Huddart, Parker and Co., and the Australian Steam Navigation Co., have doubled their freight to Sydney and Queensland. The masters have addressed combined requests to the Sydney shipowners, asking them to co-operate in meeting the effects of the strike.
Mklhournh, January 6. The wharf labourers' strike is unchanged. Mr Mellwraith, owner of the steamer Norkoowa, yielded to the demands of the men, but the other ship-owners remain firm. In the case of vessels from England, the crews are loading and discharging ships. Si<cty men have been engaged at Adelaide, an'l will go to work shortly.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2106, 7 January 1886, Page 2
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218AUSTRALIAN. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2106, 7 January 1886, Page 2
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