AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2895, 3 February 1891, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

(BY Kt.IX'i'UIC TKI.KHH.M'II—COI'VIUUHT.) iSydni:y, January 00. Tilt; 'I'rades' Hall are investigating cases of alleged sweating in the woollen trade.

There was great excitement at (iuiill)iinrii over Ihe bearing of the second charge against Captain Rossi, of .lislurbiu';- the service in the Cathedral. The people loudly cheered Rossi mill hooted the magistrate. At one tiin.: violence against the latter was feared. A petition is being- prepare! for his removal from tin; Bench. New South Wales did not nut in the s-.tne manner us South Australia, because recognising the necessity of observing the terms of the existing convention until properly terminated, thev did not send any correspondence at il.'.d rate via France mil Italy, consequently New South Wales is not ull'ccted by the surcharge. 'Mi;i.r.orii.\T., .lanuary 111. Tliu l'oslinaster-tieiieial lias cabled In the lioiulon I'ost OtKeo. reipiesting protecti in against the French surcharge. There is a feeling that the diiliciilly lias been caused liy_Xu\v South Wales standing out of the arrangeiie lit and making a demonstration in the matter. Over three thousand contributors to I he- Premier Permanent Building Society have been called on to pay arrears and lines, The notilication lias fallen like a bombshell, many having declined Lo pay after the collapse of the Company. The amount involved is believed to lv- upwards vi i''J(t,(Hi(i. The Marine Board will recommend the Government to assist Captain durghenson in perfecting bis patent lit'elii id, the Storm King. They suggest that New South Wales and Victoria, should .subscribe the XSOO reipiired to carry out the work.