AUSTRALIAN

West Coast Times, Issue 10536, 21 July 1897, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN

Sydney, July 20. The German abseonder, May, is supposed to have boarded the Austral at Suez, reached Sydney on Monday and immediately left for Brisbane. A large reward is offered for his arrest? At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the President's address strongly condemned State interference between employerstind employees. While there might be a reason for legally defining a day's work or enforcing early closing the proposal to take away, by Act of Parliament, the liberty of two or more persons to enter into a contract was a different matter. Once adopted there was no telling where such legislation would end. It was no part of Pailiaraent's duty to interfere with anybody and everybody, or shut down private enterprise. ■ Brisbane, July 20. Numbers of miners continue to return from New Guinea goldfielda. They are fever stricken and mostly destitute. Further exhaustive experiments made by the Government expert for the innoculatioa of cattle with the blood of recovered animals as a precaution against tick fever, have proved highly satisfactory. After treatment, the innoculated, along with a number of others not treated were depastured in a virulently tick infested area. Wifch one exception the innoculated beasts proved free but a majority of the othevs contracted fever in a bad form and several died. Melbourne, July 20. Warm showery weather is proving most favorable to the crops. G lmss and cereals are making capital progress.