AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2418, 10 January 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.

|By Electric Tkltwu.m'h— Copymght.] Sydney, January 7. The New South Wales Government are requiring the immediate retirement of all civil servants over sixty years except in special cases, Cardinal Mowui will shortly make a visit to Koine. Tho Seamen's Union here have vot'd £3.30 as a contribution to the New Zealand Seaman's Union, to carry on the opposition to the Northern Steamship Company of Auckland, which declines to employ any Union men. llanlan challenged Searle, the. winner of the sculling race at the Grafton Regatta, to row a match over a two mile course, and was willing to concede a start of four lengths, lint, Searle declined. The Parkes' fund now amounts to £7,200. A false alarm of (ire was raised during a performance in the. theatre at Newcastle. The house was packed at the time, and the audience made a rusu for the doors, but were quieted before any harm resulted. Newcastle, January 7. The panic in the theatre l;i3t night was caused by one of the audience placing a lighted cigar in his pocket, which contained loose powder. The result was a slight explosion, and then a stampede was made by the audience, which lasted twenty minutes. Mklbouhxi!, January 7. Mr D. Gillies, the Premier, is declining in health. A case of suspected small-pox is reported from Balranald, a town on lh>New South Wales border, and about 300 miles north-west of this city. The authorities have made full enquiries into alleged outbreak of smallpox at Balranald, and doubts are expressed whether the cases reported are small-pox. Adelaide, January 7The Jubilee Exhibition closes to day. The attendance during the time it has been open amounts to 703,000, and the receipts to £'21,000, which is £5000 beyond the amount estimated to be taken. Biiisuane, Januany G. A splendid wheat yield is reported from all quarters of the colony, and millers are giving 4s per bushel.