AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1927, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) It HOUR WEEK AWARDED. ADELAIDE, June 29. Ihe Federal Arbitration Court has awarded the -11-hour week to the engineers 'in the railway workshops here. This will mean an additional expenditure of £OO.OOO annually.

N.S.W. FAMILY ENDOWMENT SYDNEY. June 29

A special meeting of the N.S.W. Executive Council to-day proclaimed the Family Endowment Act. which will operate from the Ist July.

EXPANSION OF SYDNEY. SYDNEY. June 29

During the past twelve months 10,325 new buildings have been erected in the Sydney metropolitan area. ’lbis is a decrease of 671. compared with the previous similar period.

NEW GUINEA ESCAPEES. SYDNEY. June 30

Confirmation of the report has been received of the escape of a number of natives (awaiting trial on a charge of murder in New Guinea, cabled on Tuesday). They cleared out while In the charge of a native warder at Babanin gaol and so far have eluded capture in the bush.

NEW BUILDINGS. SYDNEY. June 30

The value of new building during the past year totalled £12.621.260, an increase of over £150,000 compared with tin* previous year, although of the total number built, ninety-nine per cent of the new buildings were dwelling houses.