The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-11-22
COLONIAL NEWS,

Trades Council, as they recognise
they are only stumbling block to a
peaceful settlement of the present
labor difficulty.
The death is announced of Sir
Robert Wordsworth, of Melbourne,
ex-Judge of the Supreme Court of
Victoria. II is recorded of him,
that no judgment delivered by him
during thirty years was ever revers-
ed on being taken to the English
Court of Appeal.
In the Police Court examination
into the frauds CONNECTED with the
failure of the Permanent Building
Society in Melbourne, two members
of the Cabinet were implicated.
This fact precipitated vote of want
of confidence which ousted the Gill
lies Cabinet, and new Ministry
has been formed under the veteran
leader, Hon. James Munro.
The Sydney public are alarmed
over the discovery, that of large
portion of their milk supply from Is
diaries representing 776 cows, % of
these COWS were found to be suffer
ing from "coast cough" and on the
milk being analysed "bovlne tuber-
culosis" we discovered. The report
says: cit has been shown over and
over again that the bovine disease
can be communicated to calves,
lambs, pigs, and other animals, and
therefore the probability is that it is
communicable to human beings, and
more especially to young children"
Chief Justice Higginbotham of
Victoria sent the strikers present
of ESQ with promise of f10 a week
while the strike lasted. He dis
approved of the action of the en-
ployers in refusing to recognize the
Marine Officers Union, land their
refusal TO meet the men in confer
ence.'
THE NEW CONSTITUTION IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA.
The writs for the general election
to the Legislative assembly have
been issued. The elections will be
held from the 10th to the 26th De-
cember. The proclamation of the
new Constitution has been celebrated
by the heartiest rejoicing in almost
every district of the colony.
1t has been arranged that the con-
ference of military commandants
will assemble at Albany on Novem-
Der "a for the consideration of ques-
tions relating to the colonial de-
fences.
QUEENSLAND.
The new regime is prospecting in
Tonga. The King has written to
the High Commissioner, and thanked
him for his great assistance, and
especially in having returned the
Tongans to their homes.
Chief Justice Lilley of Queens
land writes to Brisbane paper to
complain that his name has been
placed without his permission ON the
members list of the National Con-
sentative Club" England. The
democratic Judge strongly objects
to this "Imperialistic Kidnapping"
as he styles it, this association of
the Republican Lilley with the
Monarchial Primrose, and thinks it
must be the work of some returned
cad for the purpose of convicting
him of inconsistency. The judge
has requested his associate to in
form the clerk that L have never APP
piled for membership with them,
nor authorized anyone to apply on
my behalf; that l am not q conser-
vative, and certainly not an English
Conservative, but an Australian
Nationalist who believes in the
future absolute independence of his
country under no crown or coronet,
but under government of her PEG.
pie, by her people, for her people. :"
A Queensland planter is ,advocat-
ing the introduction of labor from
North Italy and is bringing out 100
men, preferring those who are mar
ried.
NEW ZEALAND.
The building formerly occupied
as the Government printing office on
thornton Quay, Wellington, was
completely destroyed by fire early
on Wednesday morning, the SLh
October. The buildings which were
of wood and corrugated iron, pre-
sented of late very dilapldated
appearance, and since the removal
of the printers to the new brick pre-.
misses opposite, they have only been
occupied by the photographers and
photographers connected with the
printing office. The night watch
man, Walsh, asserts that shortly
after two o clock, while he was in the
eastern portion of the building,
which is used as store room, he
heard an explosion, and immediately
flames burst out in the lithorgraph-
ers' department in the western wing.
The photographic plant was worth
between $4,000 and $4,000. Tile
whole of the stock of Mr.. John
Whites book on "The Ancient
Maoris," volumes 2, 3, 4, . is des-
troyed. The whole of the stock OF
Sir George Grey's book "Polynesian
Mythology" is destroyed. Mr.. Sher-
rims books on "New Zealand
Fishes" Hutton's "Tarawera Erup-
ton" i'ope's "Compondlums OF