AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9201, 2 November 1888, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

;. • « Received November 2,1.10 a.m. THE MINERS' STRIKE. Sydney, November 1. A conference was held to-day between ! the coal owners and miners out on strike, when an advance was made in the direction of a settlement of the : difficulty, and the outlook is now more hopeful. THE CASE OF AH FOY. Melbourne, November 1. Damages have been awarded£lso and costs—in the case Ah Foy against the Collector of Customs. THE PRESS AND JUDGE ONSLOW. Perth, November 1. The petition of the newspaper proprietors against Chief Justice Onslow has been forwarded to Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies. BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, November 1. The Bank of New South Wales has declared a dividend of 15 per cent. In addition a bonus of 2k per cent, is declared. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. Sydney, November 1. The sentence of death passed upon the man Harris, for murdering his infant child, has been commuted to six months' imprisonment. It appears that the I prisoner killed the child in order to save the life of the mother, who had been confined in the bush. DROUGHT IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, November 1. In consequence of the drought, owners of stock decline to contract with the Queensland Meat Company for monthly shipments of frozen mutton. The state of the country is unprecedented. INTERCOLONIAL FREETRADE. Melbourne, November 1. At the Conference of Chambers of Commerce held in this city, resolutions were passed in favour of intercolonial free trade. The basis proposed is that of a Customs Union with uniform tariff. . The Chambers of Commerce throughout the various colonies are to be requested to nominate delegates to investigate the question. CHINESE RESTRICTION BILL. Adelaide, November 1. The South Australian Legislative Assembly has re-inserted in the Chinese Restriction Bill the clause having reference to the 500-ton limitation. The .Bill will not come into force until the colonies of Victoria, Queensland, and New South Wales have also passed a similar measure. Brisbane, November 1. The Queensland Legislative Council have passed the Chinese Restriction Bill. SHIPPING. Sydney, November 1. Arrived: The Rio, schooner, from Napier. Newcastle, November 1. Sailed: The barques Notero and Grecian Bend, for Auckland. Melbourne. November 1. Arrived : The Othello, from Invercargill ; the brig Peerless and the barque Caberfeidh, from Kaipara. Sailed : The barque Bankeland, for Wellington ; and the schooner St. Kilda, for Greymouth. Brisbane, November 1. Arrived: The brigantine Linda Weber from Auckland. Sailed : The schooner Orpheus, for Auckland : and the barque Coromandel, for New Zealand. TowNsyiLLE, November 1. Sailed : The brigantine Seabird, for New Zealand.