AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8832, 16 July 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, July 15. • The s.s. Mamari, which put in here with three blades of her propeller carried away, has resumed her voyage to New Zealand. ; Sydney, July 15. The Carriers' Union has decided to affiliate with the Shearers' Union. This federation will preclude earners from loading non-Union shorn wool. Mr J. E. Brown, formerly Conservator of Forests in South Australia, has entered on similar duties in New South Wales, and is organising a Forestry Department. The German, warships Alexandrine and Sperba have sailed for China and South Pacific stations respectively. The German Squadron will rendezvous here at the end of August. The Marine Officers' Association threatens owners, for not replying to their demands, to withdraw their request and apply for affiliation with the Marine Council, or Trades and Labor Council. Enquiries are being made by the Minister. of Instruction into the charges of criminal nature alleged to have been committed by the boys "on board the training ship Vernon. Up to the present, it has been shown that the allegations are groundless. Hobart, July 15. Obituary : Mr Hogg, Principal of the Collegiate Institute, is deceased. This gentleman was a prominent mason. Arthur Leake, recently deceased, has bequeathed the sum of £35,000 for scholarships for the promotion of painting, sculpture, and astronomy at the Universities at Hobart, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane.