AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9016, 31 March 1888, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

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THE POLL-TAX ON CHINESE. Sydney. March 29. Tiie captain of the s.s. Shanghai has been fined £420 for allowing seven Chinamen to escape from the vessel without paying the necessary poll-tax.

SPAIN AND THE COLONIES.

Melbourne, March 30.

The Premier litis received a communication inviting the colonies to send delegates to or be represented at the Congress arranged by the Spanish Government to discuss the question of fraudulent wine marks, and also to attend the Sugar Bounties Conference to be held in April.

SALARIES OF VICTORIAN SCHOOL TEACHERS. Melbourne, March 30. A decision delivered by the Appea Court, on the appeal of one of the female teachers, involves that provision must be made by the Education Department to pay from £10,000 to £15,000, accumulated increment on salaries, principally those due to females. TYPHOID OUTBREAK. Sydney, March 30. A serious outbreak of typhoid fevei has taken place at the Broken Hill silver mine. THE HESSIAN FLY. Adelaide, March 30. Owing to the presence of the Hessian fly in New Zealand, the local Agricultural Society are urging the Government to prohibit the importation of hay grown there into this colony. SILVER MINING. Sydney, March 29. Several new lodes have been discovered in the Tuena silver district. Five hundred men are now on the ground, and the field is daily increasing in importance. THE ANTI-CHINESE CRUSADE. Sydney, March 29. A deputation from the anti-Chinese meeting held on Tuesday night waited on the Premier yesterday afternoon, and laid before him resolutions passed by the meeting. In reply to the deputation, Sir Henry Parkes said the Government aimed at the practical prohibition of Chinese emigration into New South Wales. The whole question, said the Premier, would shortly be submitted for the consideration of Parliament.

Brisbane, March 30. _ Sir Samuel Griffiths, the Premier, in replying to a deputation from the antiChinese meeting, said that he would urge the members of his Government to bring pressure to bear on the Chinese Government to discourage, and if possible forbid emigration to Australia. TRADE CONFERENCE. Sydney, March 30. A Conference of delegates from the various chambers of manufactures in the colonies is fixed for June 6th. THE TA RAWER A Sydney, March 30. Sailed : The Tarawera, for Auckland

SHIPPING. Melbourne, March 30. Sailed : Barque Othello, for the Bluff.'