AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3594, 5 October 1920, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SHIPPING. , ; Received 9.55 a.m. j SYDNEY, This Day. 1 Arrived (early this morning).—Ma- ! heno, from Auckland,' and, Sakai Maru 1 from Wellington. ■ — i BROKEN HILL MINES TO OPEN, j i MELBOURNE, This Day. j The mine managers at Broken Hill have been instructed by the companies, to take steps to re-open the mines at the earliest opportunity. QUEENBLAND ’S FINANCES. BRISBANE, This Day. Mr. Theodore, speaking at Maekay, said the Government was raising locally a loan of £2,000,000, voluntarily if possible, but compulsorily if necessary; Not a penny piece in dividends would be made by the London capitalists, who had cut otf loans for development, and the Queensland Government will have it instead. DOUBTFUL ELECTORAL ROLLS. * BEISBANp, This Day. Much doubt, has been cast on the genuineness of the State Electoral rolls, which are said to contain more names than the adult population of Queensland. The. enrolment exceeds the Commonwealth roll by sixty-four thousand. THAI’ STOP-WORK MEETING. 1 Received 12.45’ a.m. MELBOURNE, This Day. In accordance with the direction of the Seamen’s Union Executive, a stopwork meeting of seamen was held to hear the report of the delegates who had been attending the Conference of the Transport Workers’ Federation in Sydney.. It was explained that the trouble occurred over the internal management of the organisation, and Mr. Murray, the president, resigned. As investigation of matters was proceeding. They also explained the proposals of !rhe transport workers to link up with the seamen, waterside workers, coalminers, and other Unions, making the membership of the new organisation close on forty thousand. It is understood that a resolution was adopted assuring the Transport Workers’ Federation of the seamens’ willingness to co-operate. At the close of it he meeting, the seamen returned to their ships.