AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3538, 28 July 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

CHURCH CONGRESS RESOLUTION.

Received 10.25. SYDNEY, r £his Day. A meeting of the Church of England clergy, totalling over one hundred, carried resolutions affirming loyalty and supporting recent movements to counteract manifestations of disloyalty. On the motion of Canon Boyce, the meeting passed a resolution that, it viewed with alarm the attitude of the Catholic Church as a menace to the liberties and largely disloyal to the Throne and Empire.

* MINING TROUBLES. SYDNEY. This Day. Received .10.25. The coal-owners) are resisting the claims of the miners. They state they are willing to accept the decisions of the tribunal, as suggested by Mr Hughes. The tribunal desired by the miners would lay bare the details of the coal business for foreign competitors to take advantage of. WITNESS MEDICALLY EXAMINED SYDNEY, This Day. Mr Georgeson, an important witness before the Wheat Commission, was medically examined, and u report will be available, in a couple of days. THE WESTRALIAN STRIKE. Received 10.25 a.m. BERTH. This day. The Government declines to agree to' pay strike wages in lieu of holidays. It ig against the principle involved; also it is not a quid pro quo agreement. LANDLORD AND TENANT. SYDNEY, July 27. The Government isUamending the Landlords and Tenants Act, providing that a Magistrate shall not grant an ejectment order against a tenant who x’egularly pays his rent unless the landlord first finds another house for the tenant.

THE PRINCE. ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME. BRISBANE, July 27. The Prince arrived and was enthusiastically welcomed, record crowds lining the route of the Royal progress. THE JERGER CASE. ADELAIDE. July 27. 4s there is no evidence that a definite assurance was given to the Waterside* Federation by the master of the Khybcr that Jerger would not be put on board while the vessel was at Adelaide, it is now probable that the boycott of the' Peninsular and Oriental Company will be withdrawn, PERTH. July 27. A party of Jerger’s supporters are leaving on Wednesday for Colombo, to make a further attempt to seen re Jerger’s release.' MEETING OF SYMPATHISERS. Received 10 25 a.m. MELBOURNE, This day. Father Jerger’s 'sympathisers announce a meeting in the precincts of the Federal Parliament for Wednesday. Senator Pearce has issued a warning that action will be taken against any person so offending.