AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 175, 15 July 1908, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

LITHUOW IRONWORKS. Received 15th, 12.17 a.m. Sydney, July 14. The Industrial Disputes Court granted the application of the ex-cinpioyeos of the m\y ironworks for a Wages Board to inquire into the stoppage of the works. 'lino men are claiming that they have been locked out. The owners (Messrs. Hoskine) have agreed to the appointment of the Board,

l TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT. Received 15th, 12.17 a»iu. Hobart, July 14. Parliament has been opened. The Governor's Speech promised that the wiholo system of taxation would be reviewed, an unimproved land value tax would be submitted, the Licensing Act amended to provide for effective local option, and Bills dealing with closer settlement and free education brought forward. BOY SHOT DEAD. Received lßtli, 12.17 a.m. fjnj]?r! Perth, July 14. Two boys, named Evans and Mc-i Gavin, were playing at bushrangers. McGavin shot Evans dead. A MUNIFICIENTGBT. Adelaide, July 14. Mr. Barr-Smitli, a well-known mereliant, has presented tho Trades Hnll with £2300 to liquidate all existing I abilities on the hall. EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE. Sydney, July 14. William Stanley Forbes, the Sydney inn imger of the Scottish Union National Insurance Company, has been arrested on a charge of stealing valuable security. Forbes recently purchased a schooner which was found provisioned and ready to proceed on a cruise in the South Seas. A deficiency of about £IOOO lias been discovered in 'nls books.