AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2694, 14 February 1916, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

9 BARRIER MINERS OUT AGAIN SHORT-LIVED • SETTLEMENT. 'By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright (Rec. February 13, 5.5 p.m.) Sidney, February 13. The Broken Hill settlement has Been a short-lived one. After a mass meeting it •was dccided to declare the strike on again, owing to the alleged victimisation by dismissal of the shift bosses in i the central mine. Picketing has been resnmed. . Senator JPearce (Federal Acting-Prime Minister) has been advised of the position. ' THE COMMERCIAL WAR ON CERMANY. EENCING OUT THE METAL RING. Melbourne, February' 12. An important conference is being held with the object of forming a co-opera-tive association of spelter-producing companies to' eradicate German influence and enable Britain to secure supplies from British sources „ after the war. LABOUR SECRETARY KILLED. (Rec. February 13, 5.5 p.m.) Adelaide, February 12. Lawrence. Cohen, secretary of the Victorian Trades and Labour Council, has been found, dressed only in his singlet, beneath the window of his hotel, a drop of eighteen feet. He succumbed to his injuries. Cohen had arrived from Broken Hill the previous night, where he bad been assisting in the negotiations for the striko settlement. PARRAMATTA SEAT. BY-ELECTION LOST BY LABOUR. (Rec. February 13-14, midnight.) Sydney, February 13. The Labour Party's big effort to capture the Parramatta seat at the byelection were unavailing. Mr. Bniiinellj the Temperance candidate, regains his seat in the House by a beavv majority. 'File Government's attitude on ,'the liquor question- was a prominent issue. ITEMS IN BRIEF. CHEAPER BREAD IN MELBOURNE. Melbourne, February 12. The,, pries of bread has been reduced to 7M. the four-pound loaf. . . SENORITA TOWED TO PORT. (Rec. February 13, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, February 12. The barrjue Senorita has been towed i in, practically undamaged. BUSINESS FIRST, THEORIES ■ AFTER. Melbourne, February 11. The Common wealth "Military Journal 1 ' has been suspended during the war for economical reasons. It is considered theories are unnecessary while tho country is engaged in the real thing. SALE OF RED CROSS GIFTS 1 DENIED. (Rec. February 11, 10.30 p.m.) Melbourne, February 11. Colonel Knox's report on the Red Cross work in Egypt emphatically contradicts the rumours regarding the systematic sale of Red Cross articles. HEAT SPELL ENDED. (Rec. February 11, 11.45 p.m.) Sydney, February Showery and cooler weather has set in, improving the feed and crop cutIcok. ENEMY SHAREHOLDERS. THE NEW EDICT. Melbourne, February .11. The Hon. H. Mahon, Federal Minister of External Affairs, explains that the regulations 'respecting the transfer erf' shares do not refer to Australianborn subjects.