AUSTRALIAN.

Bush Advocate, Issue 352, 12 August 1890, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

- - --•>- — ■ Syj>X-.Y, Aug. 0. j Argument was heard yostorday in the special case of tho Pacific ..[ail Company v. tho PostmasterGeneral, a claim of £11,750 upon a j special contract, .aud interest for service, rendm-cd' fey "the" curriago of mails betwoon Sydnoy and San Francisco. The dofondant gavo Notice of withdrawal from the contTaqt, jtyp.t thOj.New Zealand ..Co-, ver anient deellncd to concur. New South Wales afterwards p,'i.id New Zealand £7000. not to* interfere, j -with thc'-'lfifiite'-rta 'Au6}.hihd. ! The defendant said there was no contract becauso it was nibjoct to the concurrence. of tho $gW Zealand Government. Judgment was given for the defendant, with costs. Mr Justice Windeyer, '.. on- delivering judgment, said lio was not called upon, .to express an opinion as to whether., tf to 4.),alings of ••'the , No\v Zealand Governmoijo lunl been charaiterised by that dignity which should dif^jnguish the conduct of public iait^iys, 'or whether the plain'- 1 tiff.a Jiad boon dealt with by the iGovennuettf, of Now Zealand ip. that liberal tyiiik' which they line), -perhaps a right to egp'*( ? t hi ,deal■br.;* witli the Government of v- Rri-i-u>l. (C.pri_inum%. - - '"-' ' ■ '-"''• At s ■.Meeting of railway avm

"HibTiiHous were carried protesting ogainst thr dismissal of GOO hands who wore employed on tho permanent way, the work being given to contractors*. .. As the dismissal was likely to lead, to -serious trouble an inter vie w. was;; sought : with the Chief Commissioner, ,Mr Eddy, ft'hp explained that tho arrangement was not , permanent,' and; that as opportunity arose the men would be, re-engaged. . . :, Melboubxe, Aug. 9. Tlie captain, mate, and ton of the crew of tlie ship Carlisle, have landed at Woodsido. They; report that, they were wrecked on the Kont group on. Wednesday night. A boat containing eight of the crew is missing. Six mombers of tho Pastoral ists' Union havo subscribed £1000 each ,to provide a fund for importing labor! : ..-.,' ' Brisbane, Aug. 10. The new Cabinet formed by Sir S. ; "vV/ Griffiths is as follows:— Chief Secretary and AttorneyGeneral, Sir S. W. Griffiths; Colonial Treasurer, Sir Thoii'ms 'M'll-wtaith ;• Secretary for Railways and Public Works,' Mr T.Unmack , Secretary foi* Public. /.Lands and Agriculture,- Mr "A. "S. Cowley; Secretary for Mines^and l^ostmas-te^-Gonoral; '_vir . AY. 0. Hodgkinson ; Colonial Secretary and Minister' for Education, Mr Hor,aco Tozor, Mr W. H. C. Wilson will •lead the Couricil without portfolio, knd jSfr Byrnes has been- appointed to a seat in the Council as SolicitorGeneral. „..,,