AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 85, 30 May 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

o SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS. (Received 30, 9.20 a.m.) Sydney, May 30. At a meeting of picture show proprietors, it was stated that the now Sunday regulations prohibiting a collection at the. entrance door had resulted in a loss of thirty to fifty per cent.; also that sacred films were not appreciated. The proprietors will form a deputation to interview Mr. Holman with a view to having the regulations rescinded, otherwise many jWS)ncsS9js, will 1)$, .ruined. 1 •, A DISPUTE SETTLED. Sydney, May 30. > The dispute between the Great Cobar Copper Company and the Railway Commissioners regarding weighing has been settled. The terms nave not been disclosed. FREE FROM PLAGUE. Sydney, May 30. A private cable message announces that Sourabaya, Java, has been declared free from plague. CENSUS RETURNS. Sydney, May 30. The latest census returns indicate the probability of Victoria losing a member from the House of Representatives, and Queensland gaining one; A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Sydney, May 30. A miner fell 120 ft. in a-shaft at Broken Hill and escaped with a scalp wound. EARLY CLOSING ACT. Sydney, May 30. At a meeting of the Shopkeepers’ Defence Association, it was resolved to ask the Government to repeal the Early Closing Act, especially that portion relating to the compulsory Saturday half-holiday, which was stated to bo driving small shopkeepers out of business. ) 1 - SIR JOSEPH WARD’S SCHEME. (Received 30, 10.20 a.m.) Sydney, May 30. The “Telegraph,” referrinig to Sir Joseph WarcFs National Council scheme, states that from the Mother Country to South Africa—the y< i ngest federation—all are unfavourable, with a single exception, which merely indicates that New Zealand misunderstood her isolation, if not her importance in the counsels of the Empire.