AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2929, 23 April 1891, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(til liLKcntie lELKGiiAru—corYiimm). Mbt.ijoi.Jinjo, April 21. Tllli celebration of (lie anniversary of (he eight hours'system was marred by heavy rain. The foundation stone of a monument to be erected to commemorate the affair whs, however, laid in the presence of a great assemblage. The estimated cost of tho monument is £ 1000. Tho arbitrators in the case in which Mr Andrew Rowan claimed L'2<3,000 from Mr Horsfull as damages for alleged libel and slander, have awarded the plaintiff X'>o, each party to pay their own costs. April 22. Captain Alansell, aide-de-camp to Ihe Governor of Noulli Australia, was run over by a train and killed. The Cabinet has been re-organi>ed, us follows: —Mr MeLestn becomes Chief Secretary and Minister of Lands : Mr G. Turner, of St. Kilda. Commissioner of Customs'. Mr Giaham, Minister for Mining and, Agriculture ; and Mr A. R. Luthrim, Minister of Forests. Mr Frank Stewart, at present a member of the Government without a portfolio, has resigned, on account of Mr Turner's appointment. Brisbane, April 21. .Heavy Hoods have been experienced in the Northern districts, tho railway line being submerged, and in some places washed away. The road traffic is also suspended. Another batch of men, charged with intimidation at Barealdine, have been sentenced to three months' imprisonment each. Adelaide, April 21. Mr Play ford proceeds to Melbourne on Saturday, to consult with the Premiers of Victoria and New South Wales 011 tho Federation proposals. April 22. The Minister for Education has refused to receive a deputation of clergymen who wished him to consider the introduction of the Bible into State schools. Sydney, April 22. Arrived: 11.M.5. Lizard. The local branch of tho Irish League declines to recognise Mr Cox's mission to Australia. Hobabt, April 22. A Gazette has been issued prohibiting settling at the Macquarries, and other adjoining islands, under heavy penalties.