Australian Cables.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 February 1914, Page 3

Australian Cables.

IiLECTItIC TELEGRAPH —COTYIUGHT. I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.i (Received This Day, U.-'JO a.m.) ' LABOUR TROIBLES. • I Sydney, This I)ay. The wharf-workers' overtime strike is general at all ports under the control of the Federation of Labour. Both parties are awaiting developments. The butchers strike has assumed a serious aspect. A combined meeting of representatives of the whole meat industry decided to offer the men a compromise of forty-nine and a half hours a week and a rise of Os instead of 10s. The secretary of the .Master Butchers' Association said that with the present high prices of stock and wages, not one butchery business in Sydney was paying expenses. A further meeting of employers will be held on Thursday, and if the butchers do not accept U-.c ultimatum the shops will be- ''losed. UNITY-OF INTEREST. Melbourne, This Day. Earl Gray, speaking at a civic reception, said: "('inly of interest between the Dominions and the Motherland is what 1 desire to find and accentuate., for unity of interest in my opinion makes lor national greatness. The expansion of British influence has douo a great deal for the advancement of civilisation Ilmmgiwut the. world, and I have come here to see what contribution Auslralia is making to the general scheme." THE LAJ3OI'II ('<>NI''KKEN('E. (Received This Day 1.1.1* a.m.) ' Sydney, This Day. At the final silling of the Labour Conference -Mr Fiizgerak , speaking on the Fail Rents Bill, said it was a clumsy device at the best, although necessary. One committee submitted a report, that, a bill similar to the lirst measure previously submitted, be introduced as tho hrst measure in Parliament this year. Tins was _ adopted by an overwhelming majority. The committee appointed t<> investigate the charges against (lie Hon. Mr Griffith submitted a report, and by Hi t» : > yo \ v *.,l!l' Conference impeached Mrbnfn Ui on a charge., of having Jailed '" pav (he rates provided in I In- Inderal award governing the . »" I, '- ers' labourers. U was decided to make representations to Mir rentier for immediate payment ol the award rales. A nmlinn was carried by 72 to 10 for t he compulsory notification of venereal ureases, provision .l'«»r dispensaries, systematic and periodic cNamination of sulferers and Die tree <lisr.ribul.ion of certain remed.es to (he. hospitals.