AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 82, 7 April 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

RAILWAY RETRENCHMENT. | UNITED PBISS ASSOCIATION. I Stdnkt, Cth April. The Railway Commissioners have decided to make a redaction of 10 per cent, on all salaries over JE2OO. By this means a saving of .£4500 will be effected . It ia also proposed to restrict the honrs of labonr at the railway workshops. Anderson, who is wanted on a charge of fraudulent bankrnptoy at Master-ton, has boon remanded to New Zealand. The Union Company's steamer Hnnroto has been chartered to oonvey a. number of miners to Perth. The wen intend to try their luck on the recently-discovered goldfields in West Australia. An application has been mido for a writ of attachment against Mr. Parker, publisher of the Age nowspaper, lor alleged contempt of Conrt in publishing the report of a speech made by Mr. David Syrno (proprietor of the Age) in replying to a recent presentation. It is claimed that the publication of the report is calculated to prejudice the trial of the libel action Speight v. Syme. Latent. A MUNIFICENT PRESENT. I UNITED FKXBS ASSOCIATION. I ißeoeived April 7, 11.15 a m.) Stdnkt, This Dat. At the Womon's Temperanoe Convention a gentleman and his wife presented Miss Aokerman with £1000 as a personal gift. Newcastle, This Dat. A Government d red pro has been seriously injured by a fire. Her deck and cabin were destroyed, and her valuable machinery ia seriously injured.