GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 7

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Preea Association-Copyright

STRONG CENSURE FROM THE BENCH COLLIERY WORKERS' FEDERATION HEAVILY FINED AFTERNOON SHIFT STRIKE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Rec. November 12, 9.20 p.m.) • . ■ ■ Sydney, November 11. Judge Heydon lias imposed fines amounting io £2500 upon the Colliery Employees' Federation and officials, ort charges arising out o fthe. recent afternoon shift strike, Referring to previous injunctions forbidding the officials to aid n. strike. Judge Hey don £aid that a, more formal, explicit, deliberate, and'continuous defiance of tho law was' impossible to conceive. The federation's members and officials had shown a. complete and absolute contempt for the provisions, of tho Act; and. if this were-not a case for a maximum penalty then there never would be a case for the maximn-n. r

j AUSTRALIAN WHEAT ACRES.. GOVERNMENT SCHEME FOR BIG PRODUCTION. Sydney, November 12. An arrangement has been, completed for throwing open in December 56,000 acres under the Government scheme for increasing the wheat production. Settlers' will be.given a leasehold tenure with liberal advances, repayable on easy terms.' A minimum price of four .shillings will be guaranteed for all wheat area cropped in excess of last year's sowings. '..■■' • : ■ The Government has also earmarked £250,000 for the purchase of seed wheat for distributing to farmers, who, owing to the .late drouajit-j are unable to purchase for themselves through private channels.

FATAL FIRE AT BALLARAT. ' '. , Melbourne, November 12. ■ In a.fireaf. Ballarat, ■ Mrs. Butterworth, and her infant were burned to death.' The-husband made heroic efforts to save them. He rescued .the three other children. , . '■■■■'('■. IRISH'BLIGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES. " Sydney, November.l 2. Irish blight is ravaging the potatoes in the Clarence > River district. Procautions are being taken to prevent the spread .'of the disease. • COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE BILL. Melbourne, 1 November 12. The House has passed..'£2,ooo,ools for .Supply. In amending the Defence BUI the House introduced provisions' , to include that all male inhabitants resident for six months in Australia must register their names. ' ■' .