AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 125, 19 March 1894, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[By Electric Telegraph —Copyright. | (Per Press \ssociation.) Received 12.40 a.m. Sydney. March Ift. A delegate has arrived from the New Vustrali* settlement in Paraguay, and wil *our the various co'ouies in the interest of he settlement. He gives favorab'e re|x>r:s to the progrrss the new colony has klready made and state* the malcontents who were ejected sliou d have been got •id of !»• fore. A strike has occurred at Vale colliery in he Western district owing to the refusal .f the manager to reinstate two men who were dismissed for alleged breach of regu’alions. ‘Melbourne, March 18. Lord H >p t mn, Governor of Victoria, has not npp'ied for leave of absence. He ins received a pressing request to return ' lome immediately on private busin*** But he »a\B if he can otherwise eirnnge (he matter he will remain in the colony ill the end of his term. At the Supreme Court yesterday. Key, late secretary of the Hunter River Building Society, was sentenced to two years* inprisoninent for misappropriating funds of the institution. Messrs Atkinson and Morrison, promoters of the United Freehold Property Distribution Society were arrested on a charge of carrying on an illegal lottery. Receive 11.30 p.m. Sydney. This day.

The New Australian delegate states the first men were expelled for making false charges sgainst the character of one of the leaders of the expedition, and others for repeatedly breaking rules. Over 3,000 men are now on the field at Wv along and hundreds are arriving daily. The field, so far, is purely a reefmg one. A payable alluvial field has been discovered at Wallaodorun near Murrumburah. A man named Considine, who was alleged to have been creating a disturbance at Broken Hill, assaulted two policemen, who interfered, with a crowbar. One was badly injured and the other constable fired upon and shot Considine dead. Perth. This day. Heavy rain has opened all the tracks to Coolgardic. Melbourne, This day. The Minister for Agriculture estimates the export of butter for the next season at | 10,000 tons. * In connection with the annouuce . ment that the Pastoralists Union of Sydney w ill make a fresh agreement, it is | understood this Action is preliminary to a , general reduction of wages alleged to be | rendered imperative by the heavy fall in j the price of wool. It is expected an ; official announcement will he made of the amount of the reduction in a few days. This will not affect Queensland where shearing is now going on under agreement. The first change will he made in N.S.W. Hobart, This day. A motion by a private member to fix the maximum aa'ary of civil ©ervice at £SOO was lost by one \ ote.