AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
• : [by elkctrio telegraph—copvumht. I Sydney, Augast 9. It is feared that a boating party, comprising three persons, who left Jervis Bay on the 20th ult., have met with some accident, as since their departure nothing has been heard of them. In the charge of murder brought against Mrs Collins, alleged to have poisoned her husband, the jury were unable to agree, and a new trial has been ordered for the October sessions. The men who were called out on strike by the Seamen's Union from one of the Illawarra Company's steamers have returned to work, it is believed because of opposition to the Union. Adelaide, August 9. A most destructive fire has taken place at Port Adelaide, in Harrison's Mills, damages being done to the amount of £30,000. The insurances amount only to £12,000, of which £2,000 is with the New Zealand Insurance Company, and £1,000 with the South British. Newcastle, August 10. The employees at several of the principal mines have voted in favour of going out on strike, but the final result of the voting will not be known till to-morrow. The masters have suggested another confereuce with the men to take place tomorrow morning.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2510, 11 August 1888, Page 2
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199AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2510, 11 August 1888, Page 2
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