AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2855, 21 August 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

' ♦ rr-.. - , DARING BURGLARY MASKED MEN ESCAPE WITH £450. By Teleirramr-Press Association—Copyright ; (Rec. August 20, 5.5 p.ni.) .! Sydney, August 20. ; A daring burglary was committed by, two armed and masked desperadoes. J They visited the home of George Willis, '; the jockey, while he was absent at the Wollongong races, and attacked his ; wife. A desperate struggle ensued. I They knocked the woman on the head, i tore open her blouse, seized notes total- ; ling £450, and escaped. THE "GO SLOW" WORKER TACTICS WHICH RAISE THE COST ! OF LIVING. Sydney, August 19. Mr. Justice Heydon has fixed the liv- : ing wago at 555. 6d. (hitherto 525. 6d.). j Ho said that one of the alleged causes ! of the increased cost of living was the "go slow" policy. A slow worker '; taxed the community to enablo him to become a lazy thief. If it was proved, this was sabotage, and a responsible Court could not grant increased wages. Referring to strikes, Mr. Justice Hoydon said that they had become an ' ingrained bad habit here durine the last three years, and had cost the State ] over two millions. ITEMS IN BRIEF. GRAIN ELEVATORS FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, August 19. i The Government is erecting grain ele- ; vators at a cost of a million. • ' EXPORT OF INFERIOR BUTTER. - PERMITTED. (Rcc. August 20, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, August 20. | The export of inferior butter has been '! permitted. i