AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 153, 25 May 1894, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) Received 0.50 a.in. Rejected the Pledge. Sydney, May 21. The Labor members in Parliament have rej -cted the modified pledge required by the Electoral League. They are prepared to make a simple pledge of loyalty to tfie principles of the party. Tho settlement of the difficulty is Shill remote. The Reason of the Burst.

Sydney, May 21. The Premier states that the accident to the hydro pneumatic gun at Newcastle was due to a Pallisor shell breaking iiT Ihe gun and was not attributable to the gun or the manufacturer. Westralia Advancing. l’Eirrh, May 21. Sir .J. Forrest, Premier, announced in a speech that the Government intend to ask Parliament lor a million and a half to provid a railway to the Coolgardie and Murchison gold fields, also tho Groenbusli field and Coolie coal field. It has also resolved to carry out extensive water conservatorium worlflH in dry districts and establish a land bank with management entirely separate from Government cm; troi for the purpose of advancin'.; in. ..i •> to i i ii. r : at th" : hie rates of in t.

Received 7 p.m. Wesleyan Conference. Adelaide, May 24. The Wesleyan Conference referred the proposal of tho New Zealand conference for a revision of the hymn book to the annual district conference for a report. Adherenco to the principle of direct local veto without compensation to publicans was affirmed. The report of tho committee upon the basis of a union with tho Methodist Church was adopted. Received noon. Forgery of Train Tickets. Sydney, This Day. Two men have been arrested on a charge of forging train tickets. It is believed that the tickets wore printed in Europe, and it is thought not many have yet been circulated. The discovery will necessitate a new form of ticket being issued. Statement of Mrs Lane. Sydney, This Day. Mrs Lane, wife of the leader of tho New Australia party, declares that dissatisfaction was apparent from the eommensemont of the first trip. The chief complaint was that her husband was a dictator and a tyrant although he had been elected unanimously to supreme power pending the declaration of a constitution. On the voyage he conceded as much of the constitution as would enable a committee of management to be formed which was done. Still the discontent continued. When tho settlement was reached she states there were instances of perversity beyond credence.