AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
:. - . » i, ■ - [press association.] KAURI TIMBER IN SYDNEY ' , Sydney, October 18. , About 350,000 feet of first dressed kauri • timber, ex Syren,. Seabird, and Lookout, sold at auction yesterday, realised : : from lis 9d to 19s 6d, according to size. - ■• A 120,000 feet of first-class undressed fetched from 12s 3d to 20s 3d } 24,000 feet : second-class undressed, 12s' 3d to 20s sd; first-class extra wide undressed, ;LOs to 6d, v. ■ . THE CHINESE QUESTION. Adelaide, October 18. ■. The Legislative Council to-day negatived an amendment :to the Chinese Exclusion Bill providing tor the exclusion ;■ of .. Chinese from the Northern territory. FIRE IN MELBOURNE. ■ ' _ ■.:. Melbourne, October 18. ' Mitchellv joinery works in Burnleystreet were partly destroyed by fire to-day. D.unage to the extent of £20,000 was caused. ANOTHER 'VYLLEERY DISPUTE, ;• > -,■ j • Sydney, October 18. ,; It was the intention of the owners of ! the Stockton mine to coal the UnionV" Steamship '■■■ Company's Waihora, notwithstanding the fact that the vessel.,'., was employing non-Union coal trim-- ; mers. The Stockton miners, therefore, threatened to cease work ;it the vessel was coaled. : The manager of the mine... ■ promises, however, to coal the vessel at Sydney, but it is understood that the men's threat holds good if non-Union-ists are employed at Sydney. THE ARAWA. Hobart, October 18. Shaw, Savill, and Albion ■ Co.'s direct :■; liner Arawa has arrived from London. She resumes her voyage to New Zealand - at noon to-day. She has 108 Australian and 139 New Zealand passengers. ' * SHIPPING. ,■'■.;■'.. New castle, October 18. ".: Sailed: The barque • Fijian, for Timaru. ~ .. ~ 4 .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9189, 19 October 1888, Page 5
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