AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2574, 23 September 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

TRADE WITH THE ENEMY AMALGAMATED WIRELESS FINED. 2y TeloEraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. September 22, 10 p.m.) Sydney, September 22. Following upon t'no convictions recorded in tho charges against tlio Amalgamated Wireless Company, of Australasia, Ltd., 15. Fisk, C. P. Bartholomew, and H. 11. Denisdn, under the Enemy Trading Acts, for having, on or about December 8, by executing a.'i indenture of licenses with tho Tclefunlcen Company, and so traded witli tlio enemy, Fisk, Bartholomew, and Denison were each filled £10, ana tJfo, company a similar amount. The Magistrate said that tlio defendants had traded with tlio enemy within tlio meaning of tho Statute, but tliere was no case calling for drastic punishment, there being the mitigating. circumstances, that after tho war began, the defendants offered tho Common- , wealth Government^the services of their wireless staffs, and ■ this, assistance was availed of; they liad also acted on legal advice. The six other charges on the list were withdrawn. AUSTRALIAN METAL' COMPANY FINED. . (Rec. .Sepfc-iiber 22, 10 p.m.) Sydney, September 22. ' The Australian Metal Company, Ltd., lias been fined £25 attempting' to trade with the enemy. THE MAKING 'OF MUNITIONS ORGANISING THE WORK.'

Melbourne,; September 22. At a meeting., of tie Federal Muni, tions Committee the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearoe) announced that all the States had tendered, for the manufacture of munitions, with the exception of South Australia asd Tasmania. ■ i Private firms would be paid a flat rate of £1 Is. for a complete shell bodv up to March 31 next."-. There'-is no limit as to the quantities they may deliver up to that date. Perth, September 22. The Mechanics' 1 Union has agreed to working 'three shifts ' without overtime payment in connection, with the manufacture, of munitions. f • • ; NATURALISED GERMANS IN STATE BILLETS, ' ME. HOLME'S EXPLANATION. Sydney, September 22. In the Assembly, the Premier (Mr. Holman) stated that twenty-five naturalised men and women of .German birth were in tho Public Service, and these the Government had decided to retain in thq Service. Neither of the other States nor the Federal Government were interfering, or intending to interfere, with naturalised enemy subjects in their respective employments. supposing that there were no signs of disloyalty. FORTY-FOUR HOUR WEEK AT BROKEN HILL. A FIGHT RESOLVED; ON. Sydney, September 22. A meeting of the underground men at Broken Hijl passed a. resolution to fight for a forty-four hour week. Commencing from midnight on Friday night, the fight will be ,carried on by working forty hours a week until the whole union has been granted a fortyfour hour week; Only the underground will carry on the actual fight. : i REVENUE CAINS AND LOSSES. NEW SOUTH WALES PUBLIC i ACCOUNTS. | Sydney, September 22. i The Auditor-General's report . shows an increase in receipts of £50T,999 compared with those of 1918. Direct taxation increased by £627,011, and the railway and tramway receipts decreased by' £24,055. ' •/• The Public 'Debt increased by £11,040,374, which is now £137,735.405. .' Six of the State industrial undertakings: show an aggregate loss of £32,222 and eight an aggregated gain of £32,495. The net loss involved since the inauguration of the undertakings totals £21,212.' ■

NORTH SYDNEY IN DARKNESS; STRIKE AT TSfi GASWORKS. (Reo. September 22, 10 p.m.) ' Sydney, September, 22.' Tho employees of the Nortili Sydney Gasworks have struck owing to the dismissal of a., trimmer. ; Tlie _ Northern Suburbs are in darkness to-night. ITEMS IN BRIEF. V , , ; FEDERAL WAR, PENSIONS. Melbourne, September 22. The war pensions proved to date total 930. involving an expenditure of £30,000 yearly. 'A' CENSUS OF WEALTH. ) Melbourne, September 22. , The Prime Minister (Mr. Andrew Fisher) deprecates the idea that the wealth census is , preparatory to a wealth tax. . NO' MORE STATE APPOINTMENTS . TILL 'AFTER THE WAR. (Reo. September 22, 10.50 p.m. , Sydney, September 22. The Federal Government has decided that all examinations with respect to appointments and promotions in the Public . Service will be suspended; no permanent appointments will be made in the Public Sen-ice, or under the Defence Act, of persons, between the ages of 18 and 45, until six - months after the termination of the war. ■