AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9223, 27 May 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press association.) Received May 27, 8.35 a.m. SYDNEY, May 27. Five hundred men employed on the Blue Mountains railway deviation works have struck owing to their pay being stopped for the holiday on Friday, the occasion of the King's funeral. Tho Liberal and Reform Association Conference adopted resolutions in favour of a return to the old system of issuing electors' rights for State election with a view of stopping impersonation. The Bill for the Reform of the Legislative Council reduces the members of the Assembly to 72. MELBOURNE, May 27. The Mount Lyell returns from April 21st till May 18th inclusive, are —32,192 tons of ore treated, also 60 tons of purchased ore. The converters produced 620 tons of blister copper, containing — copper, 614 tons; silver, 52,039 ounces; gold 944 ounces. NORFOLK ISLAND, May 27. Arrived. —Cambrian. Lord and Lady Chelmsford, who are visiting the Islands, were warmly welcomed and presented with an address. Received Mav 27, 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, May 27. All. hope has been abandoned for the barque Prinsesse Mary, which left Sydney for Smoky ' Bay in Fobruary and nas not since been reported. HOBART, May 27. Parliament opens on July sth. BRISBANE,- May 27. Captain Strachan, master of the schooner Envy, has commenced an action against' tho Brisbane Newspaper Company for alleged defamation. Tho case arises out of a certain statement allegedly made by the German Consul-General reflecting on plaintiff's dealing with the natives of Tobi Island. Rcccivcd Mav 27, 10.15 a.m. SYDNEY. May 27. Arrived (7 a.m.). —Maheno.