AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2536, 10 August 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THREATENED STRIKE TROUBLE WITH AMALGAMATED MINERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. August 9. 8.40 p.m.) Sydney, August 9. A meetingol° the AmnlgainatedMiners' Association resolved to cease work on August 21, failing a. satisfactory settlement witli the l'ort i'irie and" Broken J J ill claims.

The directors of the Broken Hall Companies, operating in conjunction with the Port Pirio smelters, decided temporarily to reduce tho output, closing the concentrating mills in alternate weeks. A special meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association discussed tho situation, nnd also a demand by the Port I'irie men lor an increase in wages. It was decided to ask for a conference with tho owners. THE RECRUITING EFFORT. DISAPPOINTING RESULT. Sydney, August 9. Recruiting in Sydney during the past week yielded 2189. Mr. Holnian. is disappointed with the result, in view of tiio special efforts made, llio country campaign, however, has largely increased the total. A domain orator who was deprecating enlistment was hustled by soldiers and sought police protection. He was locked up oil a charge of committing a breach, of the "War Precautions Act. ITEMS IN BRIEF. METHODIST CENTENARY. Sydney, August 9. There are great preparations to eelebrato tho Methodist Centenary. Tho Rev. Samuel Leigh, the iirst Jlcthodist minister in Australia, landed on August 10, 1815. The delegates participating in tho historic function include the Rev. Mr. Dawson (New Zealand) and Bishop Hoss (America). ATTEMPT TO TP ABE WITH ENEMY. (Rec. August 9, 8.40 p.m.) Sydney, August 9. Carl Stoll, representative of a German linn, has been fined £200 for attempting to trade witii the enemy.

NEW AUSTRALIAN DESTROYER. (Ree. August 9, 8.40 p.m.) Sydney, August 9. Lady Munro-Ferguson will launch the destroyer Torrens on August 28. BRISBANE EXHIBITION. . (Rec. August, 9, 8.40 p.m.) Brisbane, ..August 9. _ The exhibition has opened. It is anticipated that it will be a great success. THE PYRMONT TRAGEDY." (Rec. August 9, 8.40 p.m.) Sydney, August 9. John Griffiths, charged with the murder of his father, who was found at his home in Pyrmont with several of his fingers severed, his head split, and a sword alongside, has been committed for trial. Tho polico evidence showed that the murder was tho result of trouble between the father and the mother. The son cautioned the father, who on Saturday again insulted the mother, tho son seizing a sw.ord which the father got in the Boxer war, inflicting fatal injuries.