(PER ROTORUA AT AUCKLAND, FROM SYDNEY.)

Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9287, 30 November 1878, Page 3

(PER ROTORUA AT AUCKLAND, FROM SYDNEY.)

Melbourne, November 20.

Weiberg in his confession, states that on August 27 the cheif officer of the Avoca — Elhsou— assisted iv the robbery from that tessel, and gave him 200 sovereigns, saying it would not be well for him having too much. He had not since seen Ellison. The shooting at Williamstown exceeded Wimbledon. Ihere is considerable stone- walling over the vote for the Embassy. Burtell, formerly mayor of Adelaide, is dead. The Presbyterian Assembly have appointed a committee to promote religious education lor the young, and strongly condemned the exclusion of the Bible from the schools. John Crowther, commission agent, has commenced an action for libel against the Argus, A petition in favour of connecting Sydney with the Northern Kailway is being signed. It is rumored that the Governor of Victoria declines to grant a dissolution. The Supreme Court has declared the Kelly gang outlaws, under the Felons Act. Particulars of the strike of seaman show that when the steamer Victoria was about to leave the wharf for Cooktown, the men deserted in a body, apparently according to some pre-arranged plan, but left two or three Europeans below to prevent an accident. The Chinese orews were then put on the Victoria and Boomerang. The wharf laborers also struck. The meu all belong to the Seamen's Union. They ascribe the strike to j « reduction iv pay from £7 to £6. The Chinese were put on board' the steamers trading between Sydney, Fiji, and New Caledonia, which the Union cousider part of the international trade. A deputation from til* Seamen's Union to the directors of the Company lasted tbree hours, but with no The Chinese recieve £4 less a month than Europeans, and cost less for food. The •ompaDy employs 160 Chinamen. Ihe seamen held a meeting in the rroteßtant Hall, and resolved not to work the steamers where Chinamen were employed. At Newcastle, the crew of the steamer Coonabaia deserted the year 1878, 2888 Chinamen arrived.