AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3340, 19 November 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Received 9.10 ’a..m. ’ SYDNEY, this day. Ship(m'r.ers enrisidci‘ the sealuell’S demand :3. breach of the agrconlt.‘lll re.-Iched recently, and are determined to man the ships -if the seamen come out. Furthe:' good an;3§t‘al I':3.ins-are fa.ll~ ‘rug.MELBOURNE, this ‘day. The strike on the Trans-Continem ta] railway continues, and the line remains c.losed_ DARWIN, this day. Since the recent. trouble business is ‘at -.1 standstill, public works are closed, and Tilt‘ bulk of the residents have left. & , TI-IE SEAMEN’-S THREAT. ‘SYDNEY, Nov. 18. The seumen‘s notice expires at 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The men state that they are prepared to call the strike oft‘ provided the owners grant the conference terms. The owners maintain that if the seamen persist in their present attitude there seems no atterimtive but. a long and disasterous strike.

A DANGEROUS ‘MAN. SYDNEY, Nov. 18. Joseph Schmidt, the cave dweller, who was found in possession of material for making counterfeit bank notes, pretended insanity and dumbness, and attempted suicide._ The doctors expressed the opinion -that ~‘the accused is 2. malingel-er. The jury found he was not insane, and returned ‘.l verdict that he was guilty of the (3)131-go ;of po~.s’-sessing -mnan‘erials jufor making ban}? notes. ‘ . V. Sc.hmidvt. was sentenced to two years’ inmfisonlnent.

THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT YIELD. . 5' SYDNEY. Nov. 18. The Wheat POOI officials estimate that the Australian wheat harvest for 1919-20 will not eifceed _forty—f_our million bushels, which is seventy nlil- - bushels ‘shout. of Ukabt ’_6eas~o:n’s yield. b