AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9825, 11 October 1893, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, October 10.

The office of the Bijou Theatre was entered by burglars on Sunday, and £160 stolen. This money represented the first night's takings of the ThorntonArnold season.

The. Engineers' Society has called out the engineers on board the steamers Cloncarry and Eddystone, owing to the refusal oE the owners to continue the agreement respecting wages, and new men are being shipped. The strike is likely to spread.

Sydney, October 10.

Owing to the slackness in trade, the services of several hundred miners have been dispensed with, and other collieries aro only working a fraction of time. Obituary : Rev. Dr. Steel, pastor of St. Stephen's Church, after a severe illness. He will be buried on Wednesday. Robert Bear, bookseller, found guilty of publishing criminal libel on the Bank cf New South Wales, was sentenced to a week's imprisonment. Tho trial of tbe other men is proceeding. In the Legislative Assembly, Sir Henry Parkes has given notice of motion of censure, owing to the Government proclaiming the Eletoral Bill, leaving the colony without an electoral law till January. The motion will be debated to-morrow.

Elward Sampson, a well-known bookmaker and owner of horses, committed suicide at Coogee to-day, by sh >oting himself with a revolver. He was in financial difficulty owing to heavy losses in racing and gambling. Brisbane, October 9.

Several large balls and buckets of stolen gold were found concealed among the rubbish at the Mount Morgan mine. The charge against a number of miners who were arrested on suspicon is proceeding.

Hoba' t, October 3.

A deadlock is expected in consequence of the rejection of the Income Tax by the Council. The Government intend to stand or fall by the measure, and their resignation is imminent. The Treasurer and Minister of Lands intend to resign unless a dissolution is granted.