AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2734, 31 March 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

'-. I.W.W. EDITOR FINED £100. ■' FOR PREJUDICING BECUTJITING. Sydney, March 30. , Tom Barker, publisher of "Direct ' 'Action," the organ of the Industrial ■Workers of the World, nas been fined £100, in default twelve months' imprisonment,'for publishing statements prejudicial to recruiting. BURCLARS SENTENCED. THE "BOOKIE" HOLD-UP. Sydney, March 30. Ryan and Lewis were convicted of burglary at Mr.-'Walter Kelly's house, and were sentenced to seven and three years' penal servitude respectively. 1 f On.'-January 16, masked burglars ■broke into the residence of Mr. Wal- • ter Kelly, a bookmaker, at Mo'sman, assembling the family, who were in itheir nightcloth.es, at. the revolver's point in a bedroom, one of the burglars 'keeping guard, 1 and making threats to shoot on the slightest movement. The others ransacked the house', securing £300,. the takings of the previous Saturday's races, and £270 'in hoarded gold.]_ SHORT SHRIFT FOR "TOTE" BILL. MEASURE "KILLED" ON A OAST- • ING VOTE. • - ■ ■ (Rec. March 30, 9.35 p.m.) Sydney, March 30. The Totalisator'Bill received short shrift in the Assembly on the voting on ■Mr. Osborne's motion to take the Bill ■as an urgency measure, owing to the earjy closing of the session. The division resulted in a tie, and the DeputySpeaker killed the-Bill by giving, his casting vote in the negative. ITEMS IN BRIEF. : EXPORT OF WASTE. PAPER PRO- i HIBITED. Sydney, March 30. Export of waste paper without the written consent of the Minister of Cus- / toms is .prohibited. . '"'' AWARD •ADDS~ £50.(100. TO WAGES SHEET. Sydney, March 30. The recent arbitration award in connection with the tramway employees • adds £50,000 per annum to the wages sheet. WHAT A 44-HOUR WEEK AT I . BROKEN HILL MEANS. Melbourne, March 30. It was stated at the hearing of the Broken Hill case., claiming ft 44-hour week, that it would result in 17,430 tons of.lead less in the output in a week. "LLICTT GOLD TRAFFIC AT KALGOORLIE. Pert}), March 30. It was stated at the annual meeting if the Chamber of Mines at Kalgoorlie . that the illicit gold traffic amounted to £100,000 per year. . / -