AUSTRALIAN

Inangahua Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1358, 1 November 1897, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN

— — : &- . — PER PRESg ASSOCIATION. BY TELE6RA.PH COPYRIGHT. Hobart, Oct. 801 The Rimutaka sailed for Welling* ion at 6 p.m. last night. Sydney, Oci 29. Tho Agent-Generat hag been making anioagst buyers', of. Austrairn horses with reference to the efteot, of climatic conditions upon them. He h\a fowarded a number of letterg to the Government, including one from the Director General of the Indian Army Veterinary Department, which states that lately the New South Wales horsas sent to India have shown signs of uasounduessi, ringbone, and roaring which is ascribed to the indiscriminate uso of unsound stal ions. Apparently. this is one of the reasons which induced tha British Army authorities to purchase Argentine remonnts in preference to Australian. Rec 11 a oa. Sydxby, This Day. The Luckaow strike has ended. On Saturday the manager notified a number of striktfL'3 that unless they returned to work that day their places would be j filled. An interview followed, and the manager informed them that on condition the strike was immsdiately declared off aud there was no -further interference wi'h'the' Company's employ Js, ha would undertake to revert to the atacdard rale pf wages fixed en May Ist, 1898. Tn ihe meantime he • would pay at the rate of 7s 6d p-r sliff -. At a general meeting of miners it- v?a^ subsequeuily decided to accept the terms and declare fcho atrike off. A number of the strike/fa have already resumed work. An effort will be made to obtain similar terms frota the management of the Daroy, Wentworth, and ether Lucknow mines, whera the strike exists.