AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 57, 2 March 1912, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

- '- - : —^%h^ Sydney, March 1. Over B£in. of rain iell in Sydney during the week. :Js£r-K-«P $ In the Assembly Mr. EdWn moved hi» (Jecond heading of the State Goal Mines Bil&firitf#afc*l:Al>«fc #«?s* State mini?* j %omm they. had ™4i : «#K,.,..: SW»)W (Received 2, 11.50 .a.m.) The Mr. ])on^i(?ai^b«U/South |ia, ex-Labour member, as Australian representative on i'ho Imperial Commission •tp.^iitfe^nttf '. *He' haUuj'a] resources aald improvement; •of trade within the Empire, in accordance with a r&M*lsjion "adoptedby -the Imperial CitoflMiitfto'';•■*;■!'■ >*.'■ ■•-?■. •''""•'"' The Labour 'Party has purekas'ed the Ballarat "Evening Echo," which in future will '-be published as a LaibQur .daily- ~.,., During a fight in a wine,bar at [Qoep grove, Thomas Green was fatally injured. The has !'Goeived. a i;epVw'o* the discovery by the Magistrate in the Gulf Division of what is believed to be large quantities of pets)Jeumin ver. Sydney, March, 2. :■ In'the Assemibly Mr. Edden said he was prepared to accept an amendment to the State Coal Mines- Bill, restricting sale to State services. The reason the Government was storting a mine was the exorbitant prices charged by private quoted the success of State mines in other countries, including New Zealand. The estimated cost, with sinking fund, was £98,200, and the estimated : profit £23,500 per year. He felt ■sure that if the British Government owned a few mines the present trouble could be %: eiidedvin-an houVj-The debate was &dicnlMe# I"'"' * ' The Company is issuing wri'is against the Adelaide Steamship Company and the Maritime Wireless Company for alleged infringement of patent gtaW. This affects the FedfcrnT t "Oove'rhmint, which adopted the ' Maritime Company's system.