The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-21
COLONIAL NEWS.
Items of Interest Brought by the S. s.
Mariposa, Nov. 9th.

MaripOsa, Nov. 9th.
The Bull coal miners threaten to
strike if sixpence per ton is not added to
their pay. Newcastle miners resumed
work after being out for over five weeks.
At an inquest on Jessie Menzies, at
Dunedin, DIR. StenhOuse said the public
ought to know that tight-lacing, with
STOPPING, was sufficient to cause death.
The Bank of New South Wales has de-
clared its usual dividend of Is per cent,
with bonus of 212 per cent, equal to 1712
per cent. per annum, and carried G10,0 900
to reserve, which now amounts to $780,,
900.
George Armstrong, manager OF the
Union Iron Works, San Francisco, the
largest mandatory on the Pacific Coast,
is at present interesting himself in the
matter of establishing a coal trade with
New Zealand.
The Bank of New Zealand reports
that, after passing through the trying
ordeal of the past year, it has coin in the
Colonies and London amounting to
about $13, 100000, besides over 81 800,
900 of bullion in hand or in transit.
The Colonial Sugar Refining Com
pany, with which the New Zealand
Company was incorporated in Septem-
Der, 1887, has declared a dividend of :
per cent on the past years operations,
and is likely to continue paying divi-
dends.
A storm took the S. S. Mararoa by
surprise between Auckland and Sydney,
and Mrs. Henderson and infant, of the
former place, were washed off the hur-
ricane deck and drowned. A second
child of the same lady had narrow
escape, being washed several times
across the deck before it was rescued.
name of Utica and New York, arrived at
Auckland by the Mariposa with the view
of making inquiries relative to the dairy
ing industry, with view to the opening
of branch of this large house some
where in New Zealand for the purpose of
feeding their Liverpool establishment.
At the Conference of Chambers of
Commerce held in Melbourne, resolu-
tons were passed in favor of intercolonial
free trade. The basis proposed is that
of a Customs Union with uniform tariff.
The Chambers of Commerce throughout
the various colonies are to be requested
to nominate delegates to investigate the
question.
The South Australian Legislative
Assembly has re-inserted in the Chinese
Restriction Bill the clause having refer
ence to the 500-ton limitation. The Bill
will not come into force until the colonies
of Victoria, Queensland and New South
Wales have also passed similar meas
ure. The Queensland Legislative Council
passed its Restriction Bill the same day
as the above.
III. B. M. S. Egeria has finished a COM
plete survey of the inlets and channels
of the Tongan Group, and discovered a
new passage, safe ana navigable for craft
of considerable tonnage, into Nukualofa
harbOr In taking sOundings for the pro-
posed cable via Vancouver, she made
the deepest sounding yet known Of.Pye-
start, the most southern island of the
TOngan Group, at depth of 4 ,228 faith
oms. The Egeria is returning to Auck-
land.
About two years ago the officers of the
Blyth Lutheran, Church wrote to the
late Kaiser William and asked him if he
would give a souvenir to the church
The Emperor ordered bell to be cast,
which was done at Hildiesheim. The
bell was sent out by the German steamer
which arrived the last of October, ult.
The bell is 2ft. Gin. diameter and weighs
375lb. On it is inscribed in German:
GA present from His Majesty Emperor
William to the Lutheran congregation at
Blyth, South Australia, 1887"