The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-08-02
BY THE MIOWERA.
A Budget of Late News From the
Australian Papers.

Australian Papers.
It is reported at ST. Petersburg that
the Russian Government intend to
create two new army corps
The Sultan is reported to be check
ing the ardor of the Khedive Of Egypt
in his opposition to the British rule in
that country.
The Times states that the expert
ments in the working Of the labor
problem which h We been conducted
on 50 large a scale in Australia have
done the world a great service.
1t is stated that Count Won Caprivi
the Imperial German Chancellor, has
minated to the Vatican that the Ger
man Government will not oppose the
return of the religious orders to Ger
many.
Information has been received that
Mr.. Reunel Rodd, British Consul
General at Zanzibar, is taking over
Mombasa, on the west coast of Africa,
which is being evacuated by the With
Company,
News has been received of the cap
ture by Chinese men-of-war of fleet
of pirates. The capture was only
effected after a desperate fight, in
which sixty men on board the Chinese
warships were killed.
During some naval maneuvres the
British cruiser Apollo was nearly lost
in fog at Crookhaven, on the south
coast of Ireland. The vessel was
within fifty yards of the shore when the
shouts OF a number OF fishermen
warned those on board the cruiser Of
their danger.
A letter from Miss Shaw, the travel,
ing correspondent of the Times, is
published in that journal in which
she reviews the four great strikes that
have taken place in Australia. She
emphasizes the limitations Of the
unionsts and states that a prominent
labor leader in the maritime strike as.
sured her that the day of strikes was
over and predicted general decline in
wages.
The directors of the Mercantile
Finance and Agency Company of Aus
tralia, Limited, have decided to call
the shareholders together to put the
company into liquidation. The last
report of the board foreshadowed this
course, as it stated that although the
whole of the reserve fund had been
transferred to contingency account, it
would not be sufficient to cover the
losses. AT the date Of the last balance
sheet the paidup capital amounted to
f7S7,27o, and other liabilities to
f3S4,o9I, The assets consisted of
bills receivable, bank balances and
open accounts amounting to tI,ooI,-
557; investments, A52,25o; and Col
IIns-street property, 658,9o4. The
company also had contingent liabilities,
secured, of tSI3,642.
The Mungindi correspondent Of the
St. George Standard, writing on the
sd instant, says eve have just ex,
perenced the highest food, with the
exception of that of 1890, ever seen
in these rivers by white men. On the
morning of the 10TH Of June, at 6
o'clock, the river was rising at the rate
of twelve inches an hour, and continued
rising, though at a slightly decreasing
rate, till about IoP. NJ. when the high,
est point was reached, II being then
about two feet six inches below the
1890 mark. The losses among sheep
In this district will be very heavy,
Some stations are reported to lave lost
as many as 1000, Within two miles of
the township Of Munglndi there are
30, 900 travelling sheep hemmed in on
small ridge Of only few hundred
acres in extent, and they are reported
to be dying by hundreds of starvation.
The town OF Mungindi has been com
pletely inundated for the past fortnight,
and all the traffic is done in boats.
There is quite a famine in town al
present, the supply OF flour having be-
come exhausted. A number OF swags.
men are camped on a small ridge two
miles from the town, and they have
received support from the Government
The number Of men now out of EN-
ployment in this district is something
appalling, and the majority of then
are pennies and half starving, The
one cry is no work "