AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 149, 15 June 1908, Page 2

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is SCLOJNti 3IATCH. Received June 15. 0,45 a.m. e • Sydney, June 14. d Towns sailed yesterday for London to fulfil his engagement with Barry. LITHGOW IRONWORKS. Sydney? June 13. With a view to keeping the works going, the proprietors of the Lithgow Ironworks nave modified their proposals for the reduction of wages. They now suggest that the amounts deducted from ;- the wages be held by the firm till Sepg tern-Tier. Then, if the Iron Bonus Bill is e passed, the money will he refunded; hut if the Bill is not passed, the firm will retain the money and again confer wit'i . the men on the question of wages. MINERS' EIGHT HOURS' DAY. Newcastle, June 13. The Miners' Federation carried a rs--1 solution in favor of adopting an eight f hours' day .reckoning the time from » bank to bank. 1 FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. I .„, Melbourne, June 13. i llie Federal Parliament has been pro-' - rogucd to July 15. r DISCOVERY OF COAL. , ,„ Melbourne, June 13, i Iwo seams of black coal have be ill ■ struck at Powlctt Basin, Gippsland. ' DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. Sydney, June 13, A centenarian has just died at Glebe —William Shaw, aged 103. HEAVY SNOW-FALLS. ~,, Sydney, June 13. lliere Jmve been heavy snowfalls in the ktandra district. All vehicular trifhc is blocked. THE AMERICAN CONSULATE. 7%. 7V. , c, . S ."» IP .»', June 13. dclt. , t U,t ? oor has tie. U „ A ;" n r fCr the Uonsulah-Sydm-v t t ,,3tr '!"\ f1 ' 0 " 1 Melbo «™> to THE 'FRISCO SERVICE, ■ Advices h«™ i Sydnc >'> J'mo 13. tLat tf « «f the Occh -T' V* &» A NOVEL PROPOSAL. T, 'e Papuan r»i W Ju n« W**>l*«d «T n orstt UVB ?? ÜBca *" male native of , ■, " mkm S «very «* «overnme !, ,"' ""*? **••« for Ti,eotilts of industry. wtlves m ial >

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