AUSTRALIAN TELEtrttAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9061, 20 April 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Adelaide, April 17.

Nearly thirty cases of phthisis .and lupus have been treated in the hospitals privately according to Koch's process with satisfactory results. With patients in an early stage of' -disease the experi- | ment was especially successful. Melbourne, April 17. A trial shipment of butter, sent Home by the Government, realised 11 ' Is for the best quality, while ordinary quality brought 94s to 110s. Ths Britannia was ordered into quarantine on arrival here owing to there being a case of chicken pox among the passengers. John Hancock, the labor candidate, has been returned for Collingwood, the seat rendered vacant by the death of Mr Langridge^ the Chief Secretary for the colony. Melbourne, April 18. t The s.s. Britannia has been released . from quarantine. Perth, April 17. The steamer Maid of Lincoln has been wrecked in Jurien Bay. All were ! saved. The vessel is insured in the ! New Zealand Company. The first quarter under administration of the new Government shows an extensive increase in all receipts, the surplus being £105,000. Brisbane, April IG. A wool shed on the Gumbard station, I containing 500 bales of wool, was burned down by the Unionists. Brisbane, April 17. A fire at Mackay destroyed several business premises. The damage is estimated from £6000 to £7000. The shearers have established a reign of terror in the Barcaldine district. The Unionists are firing the wool sheds, : wagons, huts, and grass, and capturing free shearers in all directions. The ! people are maddened, and threaten to take the law in their own hands. The delegate from the Labor Federation visits the Argentine to report on the advisability of sending Unionists there to j form a settlement. The pastoralists are subscribing to the movement. Insurance Companies, in the face of recent events, are refusing to accept i risks on pastoral properties in Queensland, and are also considering the advisability of refunding premiums paid for insuring these properties and declaring the policies off. A band of Unionists rushed the Coreena station, and induced a number of free laborers to leave. Matters became so serious that the Riot Act was read, and the military charged the mob with fixed bayonets. Several arrests were made. The wool sheds and huts on the Milo station, near Adavale (130 miles west of Charleville), have been burnt to the ground, and the men in charge were taken prisoners to the Unionist camp. A body of police have been stuck tip by Unionists at Coreena, and a relief party has been sent to their assistance. Hob art, April 17. The census shows that the, population of the co!ony has only increased by 33,000. in ten years.