The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-21
A POLITICAL CRUSADE
Child Labor in the Factories at
Melbourne.
GERMANS MADE SLAVES
Captured While Trading in the South
Pacific : Sea Serpent Story Ex-
ploded A Shipwrecked
Crew Picked Up.

'aieouNei, Is. ", April ZU.-Steamer
Aorangi arrived tonight from Austria
liza via Suva, Fiji, and Honolulu. She
brings Australian advices UP to March
20. This was the Aorangi's last yoy-
age from New Zealand. She will in
augurate the Vancouver Brisbane SER
vice. Owing to the discontinuauce of
the Canadian service, the people OF
New Zealand are urging their govern
ment to establish fortnightly service
between San Francisco and New Zea-
land.
at the recent elections in Queens
land, Premier Dickson's party was tri.
umphant, the labor and opposition par
ties being practically wiped out of ex-
istence. Dickson favors Queensland
joining the federation. The South Aus
tralian parliament has passed the fed
GRAFTON bill. Premier Reid of New
South Wales has declined the request
of the farmers suffering from drought
to place a duty on wheat
At meeting of the Women's Polti-
cal Crusade at Melbourne recently, Sc Y
sat1onal statements We're made reiatiN
to child labor in suburban factories,
Girls and boys, it was stated. under IA
anu SNei uHdef ~ were employed at
machinery and it was no uncommon
thing to meet with children who had
lost their FINGERS. When the inspectors
visited the factories it was usual to
hide the small children.
The crew of the New Zealand vessel
Gratitude were recently picked UP by
government steamer on Macuuirry
island, a barren spot, where they had
been since last November when their
vessel was wrecked. They had suffered
many privations.
General Booth has not yet secured
land on which to found his Australian
colony.
The steamer Moresby, which arrived
at Sidney Just before the Aorangf
sailed, brought a story that two Ger
mans, while cruising in the South Pa
cific over two years ago for rubber.
called at Long Island. They were cap
tured and made slaves by the natives.
One of the traders committed suicide.
The other who was named Stultz
finally escaped, after being in captivity
nearly two years. A German man Of
war will be sent to investigate.
The story of the finding of a sea
serpent on the Island of Suwarrow has
been exploded by Sydney scientist,
who declares that the bones found are
those of zithod. a rare species of the
whale family.
AT an employees picnic at Ashburton,
New Zealand, last month, two trains
collided, five persons were killed and
50 or 10 injured.
An Australian team will contest with
Canadian and British teams at the an
nual Bissley shoot this year
l.. W. Miller and woman named
Miss Allardyce We're found dead in bed
at Newcastle, N. S. W., recently. They
had taken poison. In 1891 the couple
caused quite a social scandal by repre-
senting themselves as Lord and Lady
bennington. AS such they had entree
to the government house. Miller was
afterwards convicted of bigamy at
Hobart.
From various Australian colonies
come reports of extensive bush fires
at YaTam, Tasmania. the heart of the
famed dairying country. Bush fires
have swept the district and destroyed
many homeSteads.
No news can be learned of the An
arctic expedition. The exploring steam
er Southern Cross returned to Port
Chalmers just before the Aorangi left
but her master refused to give any in
formation to the press, saying he was
forbidden to do So He ordered the re-
porters out of the ship. The vessel
was absent 81 days from Hobart. She
landed 10 explorers with Borchgre-
vinck at Victoria land. Her master adj
mits having had terrible time in the
ice.
At Kirkstall. say Melbourne reports,
three well-known local sportsmen,
Thomas j. Humphreys, T, Costello and
John OBrien, were burned to death in
a hotel fire.
On the outward voyage of the San
Francisco mail steamer Moana, measles
developed. No communication with
shore was allowed at Apia, though the
mails were landed. The patients were
isolated.
The Aorangi does not call at Apia
and consequently brings no late news
from Samoa.