AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8833, 17 July 1890, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

• • Adelaide, July 17. '. The Legislative Counncil has rejected a motion in favor of bonuses being paid for the growth, manufacture, and export of agricultural and dairy produce, and, fruit, wines, and other products. -Melbourne, July 16. Mr. Service was interviewed this morning by the unemployed. He promised to advocate the opening of relief works. The police have been instructed to disperse any processions in the streets. 1 , Melbourne, July 17. Upon a declaration of the Government to the representative of the Legislative Council. that they did not intend to start rejief works for the, unemployed, the Councillors subscribed £400 towards the unemployed fund. - ' Sydney, July 16/' The wharfilaborers assert that nndejr the proposed new system, only about half the usual number of men will be employed, and that in other ways the owners are attempting under cutting. At a meeting of the Union to-day, it was resolved not to work under stevedores, and delegates were appointed ,to interview owners.' The barque Zodiac, from Kaipara to Melbourne, bore into Camden Haven this morning, flying signals of distress. A passing steamer, bound to Brisbane, went to her assistance, transhipped her crew, and procesded on her voyage. The abandoned barque afterwards drifted ashore. No., further particulars are known. O'Connor asserts his willingness to row McLean hi £200 a-side in 3 mouths. In replying to a question in the Assembly, the Postmaster-General said the Government recognised the desirability of an alternative cable. They were now oonsidering ,_the . matter, and would, invite the,attention of Parliament to it at an early -date,- ■ t A special meeting of the Grand Lodge of New South Wales unanimously resolved to extend' its recognition to the Grand Lodges of New Zealand 'and Tasmania. The wharf laborers refused to proceed wjtoh th.c -unloading of the Tekapo' and Jubilee this morning, in consequence of the adoption- of a new practice repugnant to the men, namely, the engaging of two Unionists to supervise the work. They view this as an attempt to introduce a sweating system into wharf labor, and the men say- if the owners do not wish to do the work themselves they should let it by contract to a body of men, who will then divide the profits. The men assert -they are determined to resist the introduction of the new system by all the means( at their command, to get rid of the stevedores, and take the work direct from the owners. Their action this mornyag,was taken on their own responsibility, but they were assured they will be supported by the Union. A mass meeting of-the^men is being, held to" determine their course of action. o Sydney, July 17. The barque Zodiac was 36 days out from Kaipara when" the crew abandoned her. It is presumed she became waterlogged. The hull is insured for £400, and the South British Company has a line of £600 oa the cargo of timber. The Wharf Laborers' Union has carried a resolution to the effect that it is unlawful of any member of the Union to work with persons contracting for the discharge and loading of intercolonial boats. The delegates from the Union interviewed the steamship owners, who replied that the contracts for stevedoring were made for economical reasons, as the old .system, was ruinous. Special meetings of the owners and laborers are to be held to-day. ; Hobart, July 16. Parliament has adopted the Federal resolutions, and increased the num.ar of delegates. . •