Press-Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10267, 26 January 1895, Page 6

Press-Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

New Yohk, January 20. Three thousand of the militia have been Wderedto suppress the Boston tram strike. Sak Francisco, January 22. The Brooklyn train riots are renewed. Hhe police and militia used clubs and bayonets freely, and many of the mob replied with bottles and stones from the roofs of houses and from the elevated railway. All the bars and saloons are doted. ' A further force of 700 men are under arms to' New York. , Eighteen masons will be snlected by Mr Farnie at the office of the ~ Department of Labour on Monday at noon, for the construction of bridges on the Otago Central railway. The men will leave on Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. Eleven men were seleotftd yesterdiy by Mr Farnie, out of a roll of 86 who answered to their names, for work in connection with the foundations of the new gaol. The men start work on Monday moping. - The Benmore station " cat oat" on Tuesday last, 85,000 sheep having been shorn. Owing to the wet weather shearing had been considerably delayed, otherwise, with the unusually fast team, the shed would have been cut out in' four weeks. One day's record was 1500 sheep for 28 shearers, or an average of 163 per man. Mr Middleton expressed himself at the conclusion of the shearing as being very highly pleased with the men's general conduct sad ability.