AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 172, 2 August 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. 4 Sydney, July 31. t Invcs'igation reveals a great amount . of sweating in tbe clothing trade, as ] low as 2d per pair being paid for unking trouser?, and 2|d per suit of: - pyjamas, operatives finding their own J thread. J J Sydney is now free of email-pax, the * las': patients having b»en discharged :• from quarantine. f The annual report of the Mines Da- \ partment shows the value cf the | ' mineral products last year at, £6,670,000. The gold output decreased, by £557,000. Sydney, August 1. j ~ The Inspector-General of Police de ; a nies tha* any cf tbe Ormuz pis engers: were under spicial surveillarei-. Several 2 Ita'ims cime by the vessel, but they - bad friends in the city, and entered into commercial pursuits. Melbou nh, August 1. / Earl Hopetcun rtuc v. il a farewell f ; letter from the Duke of York on the j eve of his departure from Fremantle. s The Duke said they would ever remember the memorable stirring days! which they witnessed on the occasion ' of Australia's new political biith. | They wished to express th ir warmest tbacks for the kindness they had rjceived. The Duke speaks highly of tbe cadet moveroejt, in which he thinks lies a strong piwer for gocd.' He was also s'ruck with the educational advantages provided for children. He • and the Duchess tosk leave of the . colonies with maoy r'grets, and the ! Cammonwealth and people will ever s have a warm place in tbeir hearts. ;