COMMONWEALTH CABLES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 27, 25 September 1912, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES

.„; .(Received 10.15 a.m.) ~, 'V. ’ Sydney, September 25. Groths’ insurances wore £29,500, including £3OOO each in the New Zealand and South British Companies. RAILWAY WORKERS’ LEAGUE. Sydney, September 25. The Railway Workers’ General Labourers’ League has increased in membership, the total now being 8000. SHIPPING. Sydney, September 25. Arrived: At midnight, Manuka from Newcastle. Sailed: Inga for Gisborne. ■ COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY. .< Melbourne, September 2d. The High Court has commenced the tearing of the Colonial Sugar Comp'any’s application for an injunction challenging the validity Of the Sugar Commission Act and against the Commissioner further examining the company’s directors. The officials argued that trade rivals benefit by making no company’s processes public through commission. FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, September 20. - There are Hoods in the Nathalia district, a wide area being inundated, ant aVb .'-sjifforing. severely. A WOOLSHED BURNED. Brisbane, September 25. The Isis Downs woolshcd was destroyed by fire, the damage amouutng to'£2o,ooo.

SYDNEY ROBBERIES. Sydney, September 2A. Robberies continue to bo reported in the city and suburbs, and also in the chiintry. i ■ I. OUR BUTTER AND MEAT. Sydney, September 24. Mr Thorpe,'a member of the Merchants’ Association, of Vancouver, is vu'-itihg Sydney, investigating the pos- . Ability of increasing the export ot butter and meat to/America. He declares that, there is a splendid opening in that direction. Later on ho will viiiit Nbw Zealand. BUSH FIRES IN NEW SOUTH WALES.-. Sydney, September 24. Bush fires at Dorrigo have been rag- : ‘ ing for over a'week. The fire front is twelve miles long. The loss of property and stock is heavy. The township at i -one time was in/ imminent danger. : • | ,Thousands of pounds’ worth of grasses have been destroyed. legislative council abolib" . - I tiqn. • ■ ■ .’ ■.,f; i ?'\ >' ■ Sydney, September 24. , In,!the ,Assembly, Mr Kelly gave no- . tice of a proposal for the abolition of the Legislative Council. THE MATERNITY BONUS. Melbourne, September 24. The House was crowded, and there were full galleries, when Mr Fisher moved the second reading of the Maternity Bonus that 'the measure protected the public from payments being made for one of the ' f -’worst 'practices known to humanity. The debate is proceeding. COAL MINE FLOODED. (Received 9.5 a.in.) Sydney, September 25 ; - After sealing up the Pelawmain mine which was on fire, it was flooded and pumped out. Thq pit is now sale. ... SYDNEY CITY FINANCE. • Sydney, September 25. Th© Lord Mayor, has arranged for the city loan of one quarter of a million •to be spread over ten years. It is un derstood that half a million will be raised locally and the balance in London.

■ • the colonial mutual. Melbourne, September 25. Giving evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to report on the Bill to alter the memoftcndum 'of association' of the Colonial Mutual Society, Mr Pullar, secretary and actuary to the society, said he had witnessed the system of audit which was practically identical with that of other companies. He explained that the higher cost of management Was due 1 to the great cost of Securing new ordinary business. The firdt year’s premiums were nearly all ■absorbed. The expenses of the society’s business last- year increased in a greater ratio than any other companyin the world in proportion. The cost defended on the rate of increase. . LIQUOR LAW REFORM. Brisbane, September 24. The Mayor presided at the Liquor Law Reform Convention ,which resolved in favour of confining the sale i of liquor to eight o’clock in the morning to nine o’clock at night, and the non-employment’ of barmaids other than those at present employed. TRAINING AT RANDWICK. (Received 9.55 a.m.) • Sydney, September 25. The want of rain is interfering with training at Randwick. The tracks are very hard. 1 BAPTIST UNION. Sydney, September 25. The Rev. Mr Tinsley has been elected president of the Baptist Union. 9 AN UNWARRANTABLE REFLECTION. i. Sydney, September 25. The Assembly adopted Mr Meagher’s motion expressing the opinion that the exclusion of publicans from the Commission of the Peace was an unwarrantable reflection on a law-abiding section of

EARLY CLOSING. 1 Sydney, September 25. In seconding the motion on tiie ’ Early Closing Bill, Mr Carmichael pro- ' misetl a Bill specially dealing with Sunday trading. “ BILLIARDS. Melbourne, September 25. | Limlrum lias scored 10,577 and Halverson 10,-154. THE MATERNITY BONUS. Melbourne, September 25. Mr Fisher argued that there was no stigma of charity about the bonus. It would not knock the spirit out of the people. Many women went through trials of childbirth with little else than spirit, and the Government was going to help them with a little comfort. Mr Deacon voiced a protest against the waste of public money on a mere superstitious theory, and the offering of a bait. Tlx> allowance should be limited to oases of actual need.