AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2492, 30 June 1888, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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SviiM.Y, ,lune "28. I'lli; fi> v ,■ rll im:■ 11i. decline. to pirtieipate in the I'.-.i.-ra! Volmtcei' Hiiiunipmciit at L 111: Melbourne Exhibition, on the ground of expense. llaul.ui has challenged Kemp for £500 and the championship, to be rowed ill three months' time. The Hon-: has passed the Payment of .Members Hill. parleying has ceased between the. captain of the Alameda and the Maritime Labour Unions, who refuse to unload steamers hiving a Chinese crew on hoard ; Captain Morse having agreed to cable to Mr Npreckles as to the course to he pursued. Meantime the Alameda's cargo is undischarged. June 20. The difficulty with the Wharf Labourers Union who demanded fifteen pence an hour for lumping bag stnli' Ims lieun settled by the owners of the vessels conceding the extra thrcc-penee demanded. Mi:i.r.nrit:;K, June 28. The Chinese residents are protesting against the decision of the Conference recently held in Sydney. • lime 211. In coir;ci|uenec of lack of support the proposed Fedora! Volunteer encampment has been abandoned. l?Kisit\NK, June 'JO. Dickey, the prospector, who was reported murdered by blacks, at New tiiiinea, has turned up safely. Hoi; akt, .June Ji). The lonic, which arrived here yesterday, brings Cape news, eonlirming the foundering of the. ve-sil o 11' Cape Aipiilhas. The Drummoml Castle remained by her as near as possible, but at 3..50 on the morning of the 4th insf. the lisablod vessel suddenly disappeared. No one was seen oil the. wreck, and it was impossible to lower a boat, owing to the heavy sea running.