AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 285, 3 December 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY

PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Sydney, December 2. Sir Benry Berkeley was a passenger by the Warrinaro. Tbe amend-d Factories Bil', which has bean circula'ed, provides a minimam wage, in a modest form. No one employed ia a f ctory is to receive le-s than 2s 6d per week, and the Bill preven'g.the givine or taking of a bonus for employing a female as an appren'ic* or an improver. The Bill tlso gives attention to the extingiii«hi/ig of fires in factories, and the raeina of escape from factories and Hste's, Melbourne, December 2

The dise-.tors of th•■ M<ne d» Piete Company, ss a resu't nf 'nvstiga'i'ns, have discoverfd misappropriations amounting to £16,500. The Fed»ral Minister rf Cus'oms a'ates that the November re'urns show a large increase over the estimate. The Minister candidly that the increase is inexplicable. The Government in ronfr.in'ed with the likelihood of £2,000,000 cf revfnne to spire. ,The Cabinet wi'l discuss the position shortly. Received 2,10.48 p m. Melbourne, December 2.

At tie annual meeting of tie Mount Lyell Companv a dividend of 2s 6d, and a bonus of Is 6d per s v ar was decUred.

Mr Biir'on has informed the House of the appointment of Mijor-General Hu» ton as Commandant, with the loeal rank of lieutenant-co'ore'. All staff appointments are being made from Australians.

Parliament adjourns on Wednesday for a fortnight Chriatmw.