COMMONWEALTH CABLES.
COOLIE LABOR IN FIJI. [United Press Association.] Suva, «ia»a* ry 19. A crowded meeting of the Jhi caber of Commerce unanimously resolved: "That the Suva Chamber of Commerce views with great alsmi the cessation of emigration from India to the colony, and is of opinion that unless prompt measures are taken to renew recruiting in India, iUid thus to ensure an ample supply of labor, tha colony of Fiji and its industries will receive a, crushing blow."
COST OF LIGHTHOUSES. Melbourne, January Li). A Tasmanian deputation protested to Mr Tudor against the new lighthouse fees. They pointed out that thirteen of the Shaw Savill's, and thirteen of the Now Zealand Shipping Go's, steamers tvere affected. These came direct, and only picked up two lights, for which) they paid £6»O. Tinier the new tariff they would have to pay £-1-377. They suggested charging .ill vessels £25. —Mr 1 ndor stated that the lighthouse service must pay its ,vay, and added that tJie Tasmanian lights were costing above the income, ne promised reconsideration of the matter.
THE DEFENCE OF PAPUA. Sydney, January 18. Mr Beurstead, the Sydney representative of the Papuan (government, commenting on Colonel Holmes' remark that New Guinea was unlit for unite people in the wet spason, says Jie climate is preferable to that of Sydney. Papua, he says, is a firstclass country, with a great future. THE CARPENTERS'STRIKE.
Sydney, January 19. The Amalgamated Carpenters' Union has called out all its members from the State dockyards. The Government is filling the places, over 200 having been engaged. "SPORTS" RIFLE CLUB. Sydney, January 19. Representatives of all branches of sport are forming a rifle club, with tut initial membership of two hundred.
TRADE UNIONISM. Melbourne, January 19. The Chamber of Manufacturers has decided not to sign contracts with the Defence Department containing the new clause authorising Trades Hall representatives to enter the premises where such contracts are being carried out. 3EATH SENTENCE ' COMMUTED. Sydney, January 19. The, death sentence passed on Mul- . ciia for wife murder Tias been commuted to penal servitude for life. N.S.W. GOVERNMENT. Sydney, January 19. Mr Holman has been sworn in as Attorney-General, pending Mr Hall's return. - HEAT WAVE IN N.S.W.
Sydney, January 19. The heat waive continues over the greater part of the continent. Many places have registered a temperature of over 100 degrees.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 16, 20 January 1915, Page 7
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