SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
The Government intend to provide work for all the unemployed A deputt(i>n of nosworkera asked t*>e Government; to give local contractors priority in ton 'e^ing t«r public works in tbe Colony, and also to ad >pt other measure" in view of th« dppres a ir>n « f the iron trade. The Comiriß>ioner prom's^d to do all he could to a?s ; st residents in t^e Colony. A woman named Stratton di>-d on Jase> 15th, it is supposed from frisrht-, caused by parties tin-kettJing at rer house the night of her nnrriags. A verdict nf raat.Blaugb.ter was returned against the tin-kettlera, who are unknown.
Two firemen shipped aboard the steamer Adgeparku, for Sydney, to w>rk 10 hours per day. They belonged to the Seanvn's Umob, and tha Union endeavoured to get the men. to leave the vessel. A dis'urbance occurred, bwfc the police interfered, and the men proceeded m. th« atearrer. . A CoflV e-tavern Company, with a capital «£ L 25.000, is beinsr formed Several hundred bootmakers are still oa strike. There is every prospect of a good whe*fc season.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1440, 28 June 1879, Page 10
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178SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Otago Witness, Issue 1440, 28 June 1879, Page 10
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