AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2708, 1 March 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

i ; —9 | ~ MINERS' UNION OFFICE" ' ■. "j DESTROYED BY DYNAMITE i i y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright j Perth, February 29. 1 The Miners' Union offices at'Fimiston, 1 Mgooriie, ' were destroyed by : dyna- i lito, l.t is believed to bo the work of I .ustrians, who resented the union caus- 1 lg their dismissal. There were no | asualties. j - • . i OIL FAMINE IN SYDNEY ! COMMODITIES IN AUSTRALIA. j (Rec. February 29, 9 p.m.) Sydney, February "29-; i The Government is arranging for an ! idequate winter supply of butter at a .! easonable price. The details o* the i icheme havii not been divulged.'' : The coal, shortage is viewed seriously, i V permit has been refused to an S- j y's vessel to load at Newcastle for j San Francisco; Representatives 'of th<i i anions are proceeding ,to Melbourne to j >btain a modification of the res trie i :iona - J An oil famine is tlieratened owing to' j the wharf workers' . refusal to haniila ! iargoos. They demand a higher rate ■ )f wages. Cases to the number of i 565,001) sre lying "in the ' harbour, s Available stocks .will be exhausted in a i fortnight, when the soriousness of the ; position will bo realised. The Dcfenco i md Naval Departments are unable to ' obtain supplies for lighting aud lubri- ' Bating, and a quantity is required for i reshipment to the. Islands, where the production of ore for munitions has neen stoppod owing to the strike. j TYPEWRITER EMBARCO LIFTED. Melbourne, February 29. The embargo on Remington type- , ; writers has been lifted. SYDNEY CITY RAILWAYS. Sydney, February 29.' The city railway., construction, commences in April. It will take five 1 years. j GQULBURN WEIR TRACEDY. ] BOTH THE VICTIMS DEAD. j (Rec. February 29, 9 p.m.) i t Melbourne, February 29, Both victhnit of the Goulburn Weir' j tragedy are dead.- j [Martin Pasmar, a German, attacked i his wife ivith a razor. A lodger at- i tempted to intcrfe/e, but was forced , j to flee.. The, wife brawled under.a bed, \ but Pasmar discovered ber, and almost severed her head from her body. -Ha theii cut his own throat. It is stated : that jealousy was the cause of the • tragedy.] - . • ■ ! CONSCRIPTION URCED. IN MELBOURNE. ' , . (Rec. February <$, 9 p.m.) ; , : Melbourne,. February 29. The City Recruiting Committee urge conscription owing to the unsatisfactory reports from sirti-commiitcos. A.M.P. BONUSES. • NOT LIABLE TO INCOME TAX. (Rec. February 29, 9.45 p.tn.) Sydney, February 29. Judge Murray has that_ the. ; A.M.P. Society's bomises'are not liable ; to income tax. . . f NEW PRESIDENT. : METHODIST CONFERENCE. 1 (Rec. March 1, 0.50 a.m.) Sydney, February 23. The Reverend- W. Pearson- Jias ■ been i elected President of the'Metliodis't.Con- j forence.. ; , SETTLING SOLDIERS. ""1 NEW SOUTH WALES SCHEME. j (Rec. March 1, 0.50 a.m.) 'T , February 29, scheme for settling re- • turned soldiers on tho land provides for advances of five hundred pounds for J improvements and stock. He. esti- | mates that during 1917-18 homestead \ farms to the number of four thousand could, and should be, made available from Crown lands • without interfering ; with ordinarysettlement. • " . SPECIAL BURSARIES. j FOR SOLDIERS' CHILDREN. j (Rec. March I, 0.50 a.m.) j ' Sydney, February 29. j The Assembly met after ten weeks' j recess. Mr. Griffiths announced the i arrangements for making fifty special ; bursaries" for the children of soldiers - ; killed and incapacitated in the war.