AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3395, 28 January 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MARINE ENGINEERS’ S.'J[.“RIKE. SETTDLEMENT HOPES VVANING. UNEMPLOYED FEELING THE PINCH. SYDNEY, Jan. 27. Matters in connection . with the Marine engineers strike are. apparently at la. standstill. Hopes of settlement‘ aPl>ear to be wansing. Meantime unemPl°Ylnent and inconvenience resultant 011 the Shipping tie-ups a.re increasing. A number of factories have closed or reduced hands. The latest otucome is that 1500 meat paclcers have been rend°l'od idle. ‘-Hundreds ‘Of waterside ‘Yorkers and dependents are feeling the pinch seriously and are asking the Government for relief.

A formal month ’s notice has been given to many deck officm-S by Ship‘ ping companies. AUSTRALIAN WORKERS’ UNION. ;\NNUAL C()N\7F£\”lTi'(7N. SYDNEY, Ji;..=. 27. The -*‘s—uSfl‘ali:ul \V‘ork.::-5.’ Uxxi-on :In.uu:ll convention has upon->d. Many important questions e‘-,ofl‘ee.ting ‘gm-3 W0";-k~ ers of the COnlnlC»llwoaHhA ELY!) bfxing diS(:ll§so(],

THE IRISH CRISIS. ANOTHER ATTACK ON ‘POLICE BARRACKS. A CONSTABLE KILLED. LONDON, Jan. 26. Fifty men made a desperate attempt to capture the police barracks at Baltinglass. A constable opened the door in response to a. knock, and a revolver bullet from the oppoasite side of the street lodged in his spine. The victim, died. After an exchange of shots the raiders were dispersed, and seven arrested. '

MR HENDERSON’S FEARS. LONDON, Jan. 26. Mr Henderson, speaking at Dublin, said that unless the Irish problem was speedily solved, he. gravely feared that the question would settle itself on unconstitutional lines. MORE GUN RUNNING. LONDON. Jan. 27. The Daily News states that 2000 rifles were smuggled ashore on County Clare coast recently and successfully distributed. The authorities have failed to “ice the weapons. The position in Clare is regarded as serious. SINN FEINERS’ SUCCESSFUL LOAN. LONDON, Jan. 26. The Sinn Feiners republican loan realised a million and a half in Ireland and four and a-half millions in America. -