CABLES. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

North Otago Times, Issue 774, 17 July 1890, Page 2

C A B LE S. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received July 16, at 0.15 p.m. Tiiuhsday Island, July 16. News, per the China Navigation Company steamer states thai great indignation was caused at Canton through the raising of fche foreign trade duties affecting cotton and cotton yarn, the launching of a vessel at Osaka on uu«. ' vwwlheolod crowd had assembled, t,,, • - nm over, and the crowd rushed to side, causing tho vessel to completely turn over, and 50 persons wero drowned. Ching Ling has been proclaimed a free port. | The Gorman steamer Yangstze, bound from Hong Kong to Shanghai, was lost at the Tlolchow Islands. All hands wore saved. The Pokin merchants are petitioning for an extension of the railway from Tointsin to Tangohow, and offer to subscribe the capital necessary for tho work. Brisbane, July 16. In the Assembly last; night the debats on tho federation resolutions w,w continued. Sir Thomas M'llwraith, ,

in the course of his .speech, said ho did nob want to ace Now Zealand join i he federal movement. lie conmteted that tho lion in the path was, hostility over freelrade and protection between New South Wales and Victoria. The same diiliculty existed elsewhere. New South Wales must recognise that tho , Australian policy should bo protection against tho world with freetra.de betwcpn the colonies. Tho resolutions were unanimously carried.

Received .July 10, at noon. Sydney, July 16. Arrived — Tekapo and Jubilee, from Wellington. A question has boon given notice of in the House of Assembly suggesting that colonial Governments should take concerted action to secure an alternative cable route via the Cape or tho Pacific. Melhouknk, July IG. A contractor's truck containing toil men collided with another truck left landing on the Penhurst line. Ono man named Russell \v% a killed, and a number of tho others injured. Adklaidb, July 16. The Bill providing for tho payment of members has finally passed. A bteamer has left Port Darwin conveying cable messages to Banjoewangi. Bhe is expected to make tho trip in four days.

Keooivcd July 10, at 8 p.m. Sydney, July 16. Lord Carrritijjton inaugurated Arbor Day with some ceremony, and plantod the first trees with hia own hand's. A special meeting of the Grand Lodge of New South "Wales unanimously resolved to extend recognition to the Grand Lodges of New Zealand and Tasmania. The wharf laborers refused to proceed with the unloading of the Tokapo and Jubilee this morning in consoquencc of the adoption of a new practice repugnant to the men, namely, the engaging of two unionists to supervise the work. Ihey view this as an attempt to introduce the sweating system into wharf labor. The men say if the owners do not wish to do the work themselves they should let it by contract to a body of men who will then divide the profits. The men avert they are determined to resent the introduction of the new system by all means at their command, and will get rid of the stevedores, and take the work direct. The owners' action tins morning was taken on their own responsibility, but they were assured they will bo supported by tho Union. A mass meeting of tho men is being held to determine their course of action. Melbourne, July 16. Mr Service was interviewed this morning by the unemployed. Ho promised to advocate the opening of relief works. Tho police have been instructed to disperse any processions in the streets. Sailed — Sarah and Mary, for New Zealand.