AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4526, 29 April 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

(Pub Elkotiuo Telegraph — uoesKioiiT.) i (Pjr Press Assocutiok.) (Reooivod 1. p.m., April 27th.) PREVENTION OF FIRES IN THEATRES. Melbourne, April 27As a aequol to tho Cro ot the Bijou Thoatro on Monday evening tho autlioritios have decided to prosecute the lessees of tho Opera Houbo and Theatre Royal for having no effeoltvo fire appliances on tho promises. A TRADE QUARREL. Sydney, April 2Y. Considerable hostility is shown by trade societies against tho Sydnoy branch recently established of tho Corps of Cornmissionairee. Tho Trades and Labour Council entered a protest against their introduction, to tho coluuies.

" AMATEUR " OARSMEN. A conference of the New South Wales Rowing Cluhs rejected the recent Intercolonial Conference's definition of "Amateur," and decided to abide by their own rules on tho point. NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE IN SYDNEY. There waa a spirited competition at a sole of produce from New Zealand by tho Wairarapa. Prime oats realised 33 ."id to 3a Gd ; heavy feed, 3s 2jd to 3s 4d ; medium 3a ld to 3a 2d. Wheat, TuscaD, Is lOd to 4s lid ; Hunter's white, 4a Gd to 4s 'Jd ; velvet and pearl, 4s 4d to 4s Gd. Onions, £14. Brain, 11 j'd to Is. Barley, good, 3a Gd lo 3s 1U ; inferior, 2s i)d.