AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3384, 13 January 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

"SHIPPING DIFFICULTIES. MORE WAGES WANTED_ ' Received 10.35 am. SYDNEY, This Day. The Lithgow ironworks have resumed operations. The Marine Cooks, Butchers and Bakers Union are threatening to hold up the Federal Governments steanrers unless granted the increase of wages recently conceded by the Commonwealth. .- . Steamship owners largely attended a meeting of Nationalist Council ‘and aflirmed absolute confidence in the Holman Government. ~' '- MAORILAND RAGZEHORSES. Received 10.35 a.m. ' . SYDNEY, This Day. Keith's racehorses Crenidesi and; Neglige arrived per Malreno, both well. i ~——- J BUSINESS INCREASES. » ‘ AND WAGES PAID_ ' 1 Received 10.35 a.m. ! M . SYDNEY, This Day- I The Statistician reports that during‘ 5? the past five years the number of factories increased from 5269 to 5450, and wages increased from £12,667_.721 in 1914 to 17,029,829 in 1918-19. z.Deposits- in savings banks of _the| Commonwealth show an increase of from eighty-four millions inV.191,4 to 130 millions in 1919. A.I.F. TROOPS. I ——-—— i LAST TO LEAVE ENGLAND; -- I , Received 10.35 am. ‘ | ' MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr Pearce announced that the last of the A.I.F. troops will leave England on the 17th. GENERAL MONASH. ' A £IO,OOO TRIBUTE_ Received 10.35 a.m. MELBOURNE, This Day. \=Th'e Jewish Community is. presenting; General Monash with £IO,OOO in recognition of his services. Monash has I announced that he will hand the gift ’ to the Melbourm: ‘University. in AUSTRALIAN ITEMS, I . *— I SYDNEY, Jan. 12. ' Potatoes have dropped £6 to £B, a ton owing to increased supplies] available. ’ i There was a loss on the 1916‘»17 wheat crop through neglect, mice, wee— l vils, thieving and overpayments on between 2% and 3 million bushels. U South Australia in the second inthings scored 287, Steele 76, A. Rich—' ardson 95, Williams 28. Bowling any ‘ alysis: Hendryj 3 for 40, Ives 4 for 79. o’Keefe 2 for 17. , I The 001111‘? Of the Senate votes _ SW69 Victoria ‘three Nationa.li'sts. ‘ ¥ '.-'._:"_"—""'.___"'!E.-:_-_-_,-- ». .