AUSTRALIAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 6202, 24 February 1904, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph

(Received Feb. 24, 10.27 a.m.) Sir John See,

Sydney, Feb. 24 Sir John See i3 suffering from severe rjervoub prostration, and will probably sail for New Zealand at the end of the week. Ketch's Safety Assured. Melbourne, Feb. 24 Tho ketch, Mary Burgess, which it was feared had foundered at sea reached her destination safely.

The Late Railway Strike.

Pleadingl for the Dismissed Men.

■ An influential deputation, representing all shades of tbe community, waited upou the Railway Commissioners to seek the reinstatement of the strikers, on the ground that justice had been already served. The chief Commissioner sympathised with their request, but stated the difficulty was the service was overmanned as the season's rush had eased off and there were more likely to be discharges than increases of the staff. The Engine Drivers' Association Conference suggested that the drivers should work five days a week in order to provide work for the others, but the chief Commissioner disapproved of the proposal as subversive of discipline.

Received Feb. 24,10.39 a.m. The Coogee Collision,

Met/bourne, Feb 24

The second mate of the Coogee has recovered sufficiently to give evidence at the enquiry. He stated that he blew the foghorn repeatedly, and about half a minute before the collision he also heard the Fortunatu3 J foghorn. H:s ves3ol was then going at half speed.

Floods in South Australia.

Adelaide, February 24

The town of Petersburg on the northern line is flooded. Heavy rains have occurred at Gladstone in the same vicinity, the town also being inundated, as if by a watorspout. A woman was drowned in the street.

Bowie's Australian Mission.

An Absurd Statement.

The Eev. J. A. Dowie asserts that the disorder in Sydney was prearranged, and was the work of hoodlums of the Masonic order. In a long cable to Illino s, Mr Dowie states that many are going to Zion City, and Australia is everywhere aroused.