COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 44, 21 October 1915, Page 6

COMMONWEALTH CABLES.

Dnitki; Prjsss ASSOCIATION. (Received 8.55 a.m.) , (• Sydney, October 20. v The Labour Caucus approved a pro--1 posal- to introduce a Bill this session 1 providing for the opening of hotels at eight o'clock and closing at ten. I The. wheelers at the Hepburn Pelawauian Collieries have struck, demanding payment on the Newcastle ' 'Pfai if •.. ; - -.i. ■ . . I The . Newcastle and. Maitland 'miners' delegates are approaching the em- 1 plovers for a conference, '-It is stated there was no desire to strike. j| Justice iliggins has called 'a eohW pulsory conference of the Storemen arid; Packers' Union and the employer? of all Stajes, except Westralia, owing, to the refusal of the latter to' grant the wages increase demanded. Brisbane, October 20. A mass meeting passed a resolution urging the Government to take a referendum on the subject of the early; > closing of hotels. ,-1

Brisbane, October 20. At the wool sales 19,500 bales were catalogued. Good greasy merino was 24 to 5 per cent., medium to heavy seven an da half per cent lower. Crossbreds were ten to twenty per cent, higher than' the*''September sales.