AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 July 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

. . ‘VPOLITICAI: ITEMS, ‘ Received July. 11, 10.10 am, V . In the House. cxf «Representatives; no-confidence motion was-.d'cfeatéd by 32 to 15; »- .1, ~. . . » - ADELAIDE; this day,“ At; the opening of‘ Parliament,-.. file. G'ov,erlsor, In «outlining :the ‘policy of’ the Government, said no_neW. taxation. would be imposed. -Bl'.l‘ls.«-"would be.in_ -tl‘~(_)_duced ‘providing; for the ;bettel- control' of ‘the importation, manufacture. and sélc of in/ooxicants,»-and t~o'_enab].v§ juries in mur.'l°.r cases, .where there .were ; extenuating‘ circumsfsavhces, to find degrees of murder. _ . » PERTH» this day.

A preliminary estimate of the wheat 1 yield shows 8,837,-334 bushels,-averagw ing7.7 ‘bushels to the acre—an increase j 0f.466,000 bushels compared with the prcifions harvest. ; AU§TRALIA’§ L‘ABOUR'TROUBLES FEDERAL ‘STRIKE PROBABLE. » ' Received ~lo_so a.m. .- . MELBOURNE, this day ' The Trades Hall Cbuncil carried a motion that the CotlllSCfl.iSwof opinion after tLe atttiude of’ employers at the conference a sectional strike is disastrous to the seamen, «and the only possible wa.y_.of winning. is in making a federal fight. The coalminers,.enginedrivers, firemen, transport. workers and seamen are to.l')e asked to make commonveause, and emissaries are to be sent to other States with. a. View to ‘summoning a conference .. to decide the policy. . . ‘ » Mr; Watt has granted leave to -the ‘Arhi»tration Court to prosecute the Seaman-’giUnion andesecretary. in connection with the strike.» ' ’ L

I ~ To-marrow all fa;cto_l=ieS‘not provid{’ing their own power will "cease opera-f’-ti6"rfs; as a result‘ of the restrictions.

[«.‘~“"i":LEe»-’Trades AH-all’? Co‘uncil‘~ passed léz‘-f'é§o'liltioll' ‘that the-timehad any; ?rrv=écl i‘when‘Vos'g‘z£nise’d"Labour in Vic- 4 !"'td'l‘i“ai, should repudiate the system of 1‘ lyattligng disputegrrby-i.m-bitmtion;. and . i_r}s.lf.i{':_u_tr.e ra._{sl_O‘l“_e §cvi_entl;fic methqVd‘o_f_ * _qqp;Ls:feLl to ballot~—on--the-«quest-ion. ;,;~"f V 5;