AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 182, 23 July 1908, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

♦ THE TRAMWAY TROUBLE. Sydney, July 22. rrhe night-shift tram men will meet to-day to discuss the resolutions dealt jvith by last night's meeting. Received 22, 11.55 p.m. i Sydney, July 22. .

A lively meeting of tramwaymen was, i jjeld to-day A section of the agitators, , favored a strike. They heckled the exc- , cutive of the Cnion, but a resolution , similar to that tarried by the day shift was passed by a large majority. ( THE NEW HEBRIDES. Melbourne, July 22. The replies received by the Federal Government to its recent inquiries indicate that the report of the French Government had appointed a judicial officer for the New Hebrides under the new Franco-British Convention was noi well founde.d. A French judicial oibccr who had been relieved of his duties at New Caledonia was appointed to art in the New Hebrides, but the appointment was not made under the new Convention. SYDNEY MUNICIPAL TROUBLE. Sydney, July 22. An attempt has been made by the City Council to raise the wages of casual laborers in defiance of the responsible officers. The Lord Mayor has warned aldermen against the reckless raising of wages, and has threatened that, if money is voted in a haphazard fashion, he will refuse to sign cheques. SUNDAY CONCERTS. ""Sydney, July 22. After a long-drawn battle, the City Council has decided not to allow the Use of the Town Hall for Sunday concerts.

** GAMBLERS' CHANCES. ,r Sydney, July 22. During the hearing of the prosecution of some Chinamen on a charge of legal gambling, a detective stated that the chances of drawing a prize in a pak-a-poo lottcrv had been worked nut ,lry a Government actuary. The chances were eleven to one agaist.

VICTORIA'S NEW UOVEUNOR. Frcmantle. July 12. }>ir Thomas Carmichael. the new (!nVernor of Victoria, and Lady far michael, arrived from England by Mf Macedonia.