AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 April 1910, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[nV KrjRCTHIC TF.I,KGIUI'H--COPYRIOHT.] LpIU I'UEBS ABBOS-'UT>ON.J A HYN-ELECTFON. (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) SYDNEY , , This Day. In the State bye-election for Qiieensbeyan, where the late member resigned, the contest for the Federal seat resulted in the return of Cusack, a Labourite. BUTCHERS ON STRTKE. BRISBANE, This Day. Butchers employed by the QueensMeat Export Company, Redbank Freeziii{i Works and Birt Company Freezing "Works have Struck. The trouble has arisen over the demand of the Federated Meat Workers Union for a new wages log. The Wages Board recently gave the men an increase of 20 per cent. Tt is stated that the Union demands a further increase of ainnit 30 per cent. Several hundred men are out, and it is feared the trouble will spread. CRICKET. MELBOURNE, This Day. TliP Board of Control have been advised that the South African team will arrive in Australia in November. The tour will last about- four months.