AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3481, 8 May 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Received 11.25 a..m.

SYDNEY, Thig Day.

The street collection for hospitals yesterday realised £4573. The fund now totals £8366, and is exfiected to‘ reach £12,500. ‘ Alarge number of building employees declared a strike against Saturday Work. The strike was‘a failure, and it was deciaed to reshme on the old terms.

The Methodist Conference decided that the president he the reupresentativ at the cefilfrati-on in 1922 of the Centenary of tfl‘ Methodist Church in‘ New Zealand. In connection with cabled advice of the prevalence of cargo t-hie'v'es in New Zea.la.nd, it is stated to be the result of world wide enterprise. It is stated the annual loss in’ Sydney through this cause amounts to one hundred thousand pounds. One firm alone lost fifteen thousand pounds during the past six months. While in some instances wharf labourers in Sydney were‘ proved to be the pilferers, in many other places, goods When opened were found to contain bricks, which proved to be of foreign origin. The American Consul is. moving in the direction of 1-einedfying the evil before the cargo leaves America, but he favours the thue-Cory that pillaging is done at intermediate ports.‘ A train collided with a cart at a level crossing at Madientown‘. ‘A woman and two girls were killed, and a. boy and girl injured.

MELBOURNE, This Day

The committee of the Criicket Board of Control has arranged deta‘lls of the tour of the English team. The programme provides for five test matches, two in Sydney, two in Melbourne, andvone in Adelaide, as well as games in each Sttae. ‘The tour opens in Perth on October 23rd against West Australia, and concludes in Adelaide on March __lsth-,. against South Australia. 'ljhe_Board has agreed to increase the ‘guarantee asked for by the Marylehoné Club, and has decided to increase th_e admission cliarge‘s,”as expenses ‘will be 62. per cent greater than during the previous visit of the Englishmen.

BOWLING.

SYDNEY, May 7.

At the Bowling tournament, six rinks: from Manly made 130 and New Zealand scored 101. 3.- _- ‘X "