AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 9, 11 January 1902, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

FKB PRESS ABSOCIATIOK. ' Sydsby, January 10. ' A conference of steamship owners ' and the wharf Labourers Union discussed the latter's demand for increased ' wages, but no decision was come to, : and the conference adjourned to the 28th inst. ' Block Ten mine reduces operations : to one shift a day on the 15th. 1 Hobabt, January 19, At the Science Congress papers ( were read by Professor Wall, of Christ- ( church, on Poetry as a Factor in '■ Education, and Professor Benham, of ' Dnnedin, on Earthworms. j Perth, Jinuary 10. j Lord Hopetoun is visiting the gold- i fields. In connection with the pre- i aentation of an address, the statement is made that the total gold produced in t Westralia to the end of last year was 7,774,3860z, valued at over , £29,000,000. Bkisbakb, January 10. At the inquiry into the grounding of the Duke of Devonshire the pilot ' admitted that he went asleep while on \ duty. His certificate was suspended ] for three months, »nd the officers ex- < onerated from all blame. ] A cable has been received from Lord s Milner stating that 10,000 young breeding cattle will be required for South Africa in the ensuing year, and asking a price. A reply w»s gent that the price would be from £3 to £i a head. Received 11, o.2fi a.m. Melbouhne, J>n uary \O. , On the arrival of the steamer East- ( ern,from Chines'* po't', after. oUHng 1 et Sydney, the second officer was ' declared to be in tie convalescent stage of small pox. j