AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6897, 8 February 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

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. SYDNEY, Feb. 6. Newell, the well-known trundler, is unable to obtain leave of absence m order to l? m U ie , New South Wales ticket team m New Zealand. Endeavors were made to get the services of Conningham, but he also was unable to get away. Feb. B.— A letter received afc Albury from New Australia states that many of the Bettiers are without shoes and m rags. There are no ploughs and the men are digging with spades. It reports that a split has occurred among the settlers who are now divided into two parties. Feb. 7. — Sailed : s.s. Fifeshire for Oamaru. The retrenchment party intend to press Government to fnrther reduce the salaries of civil servants. A reduction of five per cent. is to be made m salaries between £300 and £500, ten per cent, on salaries between £500 and £700, fifteen per cent, between £700 and £1000, and twenty per cent, on all salaries above £1000. If Government does not accept this proposal the party intend to take a test vote on the question, and if they are unsuccessful m this direction, then they will fight the estimates item and item. The efforts of the retrenchment party m challenging salaries were futile. The reductions were rejected by large majorities. A scene occurred after midnight. The Chairman called Mr Schey to order several times, and at last the latter rose and said, " I hope this may be the last time I am to be selected for improper and impertinent interference by the Chairman, whose conduct—" He then stopped and marched out of the Chamber. The Speaker took the Chair, and Mr Schey was brought back. His apology only accentuated the offence, and on the motion of the Premier he was adjudged guilfey of contempt. Afterwards he made an unreserved apology, and a motion to commit the offending mem* ber to custody was withdrawn.

MELBOURNE, Feb. 7. Havoc has been scratched for the Newmarket Handicap. f<F£B. 8. — A boarding house ia Flinders street was burned down laßt night. One inmate named Cole was burned to death, while five others were seriously injured m effecting their escape. The Agricultural Department is sending a trial shipment of poultry to London.

BRISBANE, Feb. 7. The search for the missing boat from the foundered steamer Kanahooka has been abandoned.

The fire on the b.s. Dorundi wag discovered among the wool on Thursday last. A number of bales were jettisoned, and the fire got under, but it broke out again, and it was the third outbreak while the Duke of Argyll was standing by. So serious was the outbreak that it was thought the vessel was doomed. All the Bhip's stores were destroyed, and a fresh supply was obtained from the Duko of Argyll. Feb. B.— The Queensland Deposit Bank has issued a circular announcing its inability to carry out the reconstruction scheme agreed upon by the depositors m February last, and asks for an extension of time. The names of the missing men of the steamer Kanahooka are : Bradley, chief officer, Priestly, second officer, Archer, third officer, Sterling, third engineer, Moran, the steward, Johnston, Cheshire, Bishop, and McFes, seamen.

Three fires have occurred recently on the British India Company's steamers, giving grounds for suspecting incendiarism. The company are applying to Government for a, searching enquiry into tho fire on board the Dorunda.

ADELAIDE, Feb. 8. The master bakers and employees have established a Conciliation Board, consisting of five from each side. The Board i 8 to settle all future disputes. Dr Cockburn and Mr Todd, Superintend tendent of Telegraphs, will represent the colony at the Postal Conference m Wellington.