AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION LABOUR, congress. BRISBANE, Oct. 10. The Australian Labour Congress ha< ! coiumenccr here. There arc delegate; present- iron; all the states. N.S.W. WAGE CUT, SYDNEY, Oct; 10; If it is carried out in its entirety, the new basic wage (3s less, than the old weekly one) will mean a reduction in the wage expenditure for the \vholo state of approximately £2,500,000 stem ling. For the State railways alone it- will mean a saving (sic) of a. quarter of a million. UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS. (Received This Bay at 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 11. Doctor Todd has been appointed to the Chair of Latin at the University, Sydney, in succession to Professor But- ]<■(# retired. Bernard Muscio, lias been appointed to the Chair of Philosophy in succession to Anderson. MORE PLAGUE. BRISBANE, Oct. 11. Three suspected cases of plague are ■ reported, and a further death is reported .'it Townsville. I A PROTEST; I (Received This Dav at 0.40 a.m.) j MELBOURNE, Oct. 11. i The Women's National League carried a resolution of protest against the action of the Lord Mayor of Sydney in lowering the Union Jack. It decided to direct the attention of the Prime Minister to the incident. ; EX PORT OE Fl.nl'R. (Received This Bay at 12.25 p.m.) MELI’OUd! N'E, October 11. In view of the erratic overseas market for wheat and with the ohiect ,f fostering trade in Hour with South Africa. New /.calami, and lb,. Pacific I Islands, the Victorian Wheat Commission has ifuatlii.r reduced the quotation for wheat to lie gristed for this trade by sixpence pOr busln’l, makum 1 it: <V" ' _____