AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 24, 30 January 1888, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Sydney, January 29. Steps are now being taken to form an agricultural society in the colony. SYDNEY ELECTION. Sydney, January 29* Three free trade candidates are in the fi»d for Newtpwn against one whose sympathy is with the protectionists. SUICIDE THROUGH WANT OF WORK. Sydney, January 28. There is great distress among the unemployed, and to-day one of their number committed suicide owing to his being unable to obtain work. Lokdox, January 29. At the Cadgegong races on Saturday, a horse fell and one of the jockeys was killed. SYDNEY TRADES HALL. Sydsey, January 28. The foundation stone of the new Trades Hall was laid this morning by Lord Carrington. There was a procession in which twenty-seven societies took part. WESLEYAN CENTENNIAL FUND. Sydney, January 28. The Wesleyan Conference lias decided to establish a Centennial Thanksgiving Fund of The sum of was collected in an hour. ! A KILLING KANAKA KILLED. Brisbane, January 29. 1 A Kanaka, who attempted to murder the mate of a pearling vessel at Thursday Island, was shot dead. POLICE AS VOLUNTEERS. Melboukxe, January 28. For some time past there has been a movement on foot with the view to get the police force to form a volunteer corps, but they have refused. NOT TO 13E IMPOSED UPON. Brisbane, January 29. Owing to frequent pilfering, the Chinese gardeners are taking steps to protect their property, and last night, when several larrikins broke into one of their gardens, they were wounded with a shot gun.