AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
LEGISLATION AOAINST TRUSTS. • Sydney, Jane a. Mr Bavin has announced me repeal oi uio i'loiiteeriug Act and liie substitution ol legislation on the same lines as Uie Commonwealth, making it an ollence lu nueiieie Willi prices Joy means ol a trust, combine ur arragement, Tne objective is 10 maintain lree and open competition. SHORT HOURS RUIN INDUSTRY. FEDERAL TIMBER TRADE'S PLEA. Melbourne,- June s. A deputation from timber merchants and millers asked Mr Groom tor immediate reeunsideratiun by tlie Arnitrauon Court oi Hie 44-nour wee* award, winch was ruining me iuustry. Unless longer hours were restored and other concessions curtail- : ed, me industry would tail a pre;, to - foreign competition, and have generally to close down. The Minister promised liie earliest possible consideration. STARLINGS INTERRUPT TELEGRAPHS, Melbourne, June a. Mr Laird, manager ui Telegraphs in Sydney, ventilating an operators' grievance in a claim for higher wages, said that at times they were compelled to work overtime as a result 01 telegraphic communication being heid up oy hundreds oi thousands "oi starlings' resting on the wires, rendering |it necessary to send gangs to shoot the birds.
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Otaki Mail, 9 June 1922, Page 4
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