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FEDERAL M.P. RESIGNS. SYDNEY, Jan. 18. Mr Mahoney, Federal Ar.lf.lt.. formally tendered his resignation ns a member of the Federal Parliament lo the Speaker of the House of Representatives, when the latter arrived at Sydney to-day. ENGINEERS DECISION. (Received this day at 10. IS a.in.) SYDNEY, Jan. 19. A meeting of the Amalgamated Engineering "Union passed a resolution in favour of a strike, with the object of forcing employers to gnant full wages for a forty-four hours week, but for the present left the matter in the hands of tho district committee. N.S.W. POLITICS. SYDNEY, Jan. 19. The Assembly read a first time the Transport Bill which is framed on lines of the English and New Zealand Acts. It provides for the appointment of a transport board consisting of railway commissioners which will be empowered to operate motor buses in competition with privately owned services, and insurjrmce of passengers on public vehicles by owners. DECLARED BLACK. BRISBANE, Jan. 19. A meeting of the committee of the Building Trade Group Unions decisted that all Government buildings works he declared black and that employees hand in notices immediately. It also raolved to picket all works. ®A meeting of Cabinet decided to insist on tho observance of the fortyfour hours week. It is anticipated that other buildings work wild shortly he declared black and that tlm trouble will extend to transport workers.
J UDG MENT RESERVED. , MELBOURNE, Jan. 19. The Commonwealth Aribtration Court reserved judgment on claims of the waterside workers Federation. Judgment will be delivered at Adelaide next week. WOOL SALES. MELBOURNE, January 19. The wool sales were continued with very keen competition. Best merinos advanced 7' per cent on Doccmboi rates, while good merino and finer grades of come-backs were from par to 5 per cent dearer. NOTABLE VISITORS. PERTH, January 19.
Passengers by the Nnldera include Honourable Mrs Greville en route to New Zealand. She will return to Australia in time to meet the Duke and Duchess of York who spent their honeymoon at hev country home,
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