AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 848, 4 June 1910, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

BERTH. .1 mic 2. Till' l.;ihour Congress has decided to -tart a labour < I;«i I \ ]mi | x-r- :ii Berth with a capital nl £30.000 :it ill shares. '1 hr paper will hr managed liv ii (■niiiniiltrr nl’ twelve. M ELBOI KNE. .)unr 3. Tin' latest estimate nl’ thr (.'oinmoiiwealth Treasury in connection with nhl age pensions indicates that thr expenditiir<■ of thr past year will he close. up to thr origina I"rstimalr of a million anil a half sterling. Thr Legislative Council elections for '-r\ <• 111rrn vacancies resulted in small I Killing. Eight members were returned unopposed. Of nine rontrsls, only onr I.a lionrilo was returned. Mi' Jours unseating Mr I’itt. for East Mrlliournr. SYDNEY, .limr 3. Thr North Coast strainer Maelray liumpril on thr Maelray liar and sprang a Irak. The crew were at the pumps all night. The vessel re-entered the river anil was beached. The prices of hrieks have hern raised 4s and are now £2 2s a thousand. The increase is greatly hampering building operat ions, and is said to hr due to the Wages Board raising the wages of hrickrnakers. On the- other hand it. is pointed out. that, an increase of Is per 1000 would have’ met. this demand. The Federal AC lornry-tlenrral is inquiring into the case, and if necessary will take action against the hrick comhinr. Dining (hr past- three days (lie seismograph at, the Observatory has recorded Mime I in] uirt a lit shin ks. Thr largest was on June 1. which was the most important since February. The preliminary tremor leached Sydney at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and the principal phase commenced live minutes later. J.ong waves continued for nineteen minutes. ADELAIDE, Juno 3. A meeting of the lawyers, who are lay lep resent at i ves at the Methodist Conference, considered the formalities necessary to secure the separation of Now Zealand and Australia. tt will be necessary to pass a, separate Act of Parliament in each State of the Commonwealth. There must- he a separate endorsement of (his Act at each animal State Conference. The process will he elaborate and costly, and will take much time. Both Houses carried mot inns of condolence with the Royal Family. The moment, this was disposed of Mr Vorran moved that the House adjourn. This being tantamount to a no-confidence motion. was carried by 22 to 19. Mr Peake immediately resigned, and Mr Verran formed a Ministry. The ballot for portfolios resulted as follows Premier and Minister for Works, Mr Verran; Treasurer and Minister for Bands, Mr Vaughan; AttorneyCeneral and Minister for the Northern Territory. Mr Denny; Minister for Education. Mr Conyheer; Secretary for Internal A (fairs, Mr Wallis; Minister for Industry and Agrienltnre. .Mr Wilson.