AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 155, 1 July 1914, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

- ■ ~ ENGLISHMEN IN AUSTRALIA. (Received 9.20 a.an.) SYDNEY, this day. It is estimated that the gates of the English I.eaguo matches totalled £10.000. of which the Northern Union would receive ftf.oOO on account of matches already played. MAY LEAD TO TROUBLE. SYDNEY, this day. A mass meeting of engineers decided not to work with non-unioniste in future. This may lead to serious Indus trial trouble. STATE REVENUES. MELBOURNE, this day. The State revenue, for the year was £]S.2!)Sisr»l, an increase of £2,_4L2!>3. •The Stab? revenue-totalled £10,4-52,573, an increase of £240,403, constituting a record. SEj_KEN'S COMPENSATION. SYDNEY, this day. .Tn view of the recent High Court ruling that seamen injured outside the three-mile limit on the Australian coast are unable to claim compensation under the Commonwealth law, the Seamen's Union has drafted' a new clause for inclusion in the articles entitling injured seamen to claim compensation wherever the accident may happen. This clause is included, in the articles, signed lay the crew of the Niagara. The Seamen's Federation has demanded the inclusion of the clause in the. articles of all ships trading to America and New Zealand. DARLING HARBOUR FIRE. SYDNEY. June 30. Tbe inquiry concerning the fire which destroyed the North German Lloyd's wharf at Darling Harbour on June 13 resulted in an open verdict being returned. During the proceedings it was slated that the wharf sheds, apart from their valuable contents, were insured for £41.300. HOME RULE AND LIBEL. SYDNEY. June :!0. As the outcome of a Home Rule conI troversy in the columns of the "Daily Telegraph"' between the grandmaster of ' the Loyal Orange Lodge and Mr I). OT.rion (president of the Hibernian Society I. Mr O'Brien has commenced an action, claiming £500 damages, against the "Daily Telegraph.*' alleging that be was falsely and maliciously accused of being a disloyal subject. MOTOR'S TWO VICTIMS. SYDNEY. June 30. The Attorney-General has declined to tile a bill against Greeuaway, who was • committed for trial on a charge of niaii- ' slaughter in connection will) the double I motor fatality in Leicbart on May 1.1. ' Tho double fatality was in its way a ' remarkable one. A motor car knocked down a woman. The driver was taking ' her to a hospital, when the car ran into r a man. Both the victims died from their injuries. •| AFTERNOON SHIFT. SYDNEY. June .10. Tho executive of Hie Australian Unions' Federation is intervening with a view to a settlement of the Maitland collieries I ! afternoon shift strike. II — : i j A SUGGESTION OF GRAFT. ■ j SYDNEY. June ISO. Mr -li'.sticp Pringlc has been appointed j" a Royal Commissioner in connection with i the Boorabil land sale inquiry, touching ' the part played by -Mr Osborne. M.L.A.. I ill ihe sale of the estate to the Govern- '' j tncnt. ' ; A DERELICT DESTROYED. r i .. | SYDNEY. June 30. The steamer August has arrived nt Newcastle, from Valparaiso. She reports that, on June fi she sighted the fourmasted schooner Elejaraiso. of San Francisco, in a derelict condition. As the vessel was iv the track of Aus- , traliaii-bound vessels, the captain of the " August bad her set on lire and destroyed. GENERAL RAINS. SYDNEY. June 30. , Good, general rains have fallen. Telegraphic communication is interrupted. NEW ZEALAND BOWLING TEAM. ~ SYDNEY. June 30. Tfhe bowling team has arrived, the : members being in excellent condition, il