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

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 776, 19 July 1890, Page 2

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

Jlcccivod July 18. at 0.25 p.m. SYDNEY, July 18. Tho local Trades and Labor Councils have refused tlio application of th' 3 Australasian Society of ICngineora for aililiation. On account of the action taken by tho Shearers' Union to prevent tho shipment of wool shorn by non-union labor, tho pastoralists and wool brokers ; are taking steps to form a union. Arrived — Steamship Pukaki, from the 13luir. Tho illness of Mr T. W. Best, the organist, has delaysd the official open- ! ing of the grand organ in tho Centennial Hall. Tho ceremony will probably take place during tho second week of next mouth. Several sailing vessels from New Zealand to Sydney are reported to bo overdue. Mklbouiinb, July 18. Pierre Dourre, a French convict, undergoing solitary confinement in Pontridge, became despondent, and hanged himself in his cell. Shipowners are determined not to concede tho demands of the men, as they consider they are altogether unreasonable ; but they are willing to an increase of officers. Shipowners also decided to join the Steamship-owners' Association, and will sign] a bond proriding for tho formation of a fund for their mutual protection.

Received July 18, ufc O.'IO p.m. Adklaidi;, J uly 18. The outcome ot" tho agitation of the Minister's' Association, for tho right:* of citizenship has bye a that the motion was carried in the House of Assembly allowing ministers of religion to hold seats on the Municipal Council. The proposal to allow women to become mom bow of the same body was rejected, I3j*IBBANK, -July 18. The captain of tho barque Zodiac, his wife and two daughter;, Miss Brown (a passenger), and six of tho illfated vessel's crew, have landed hero from the rescuing steamer. The captain reports tho Zodiac to have had a terriblo passago, and states that there were nino feet of water in. the hold whon, the vessel was abandoned, notwithstanding that the crew were pumping for 24 hours on the night bofore she commenced to settle down. She was running before a heavy g,Ue, and Camden Haven hovo in .sight at daylight. Deck cargo was jettisoned, and the decks were swept of everything before the vessel was abandoned. In the House of Assembly a Bill, introduced by a private member, providing for triennial Parliaments, lias been read a .second time.