AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 183, 24 July 1908, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

TRAM CONDUCTORS' TROCBLE. Sydney, July 23. The Tramway Commissioner meets the men again this afternoon. A statement was made at yesterday's meeting that strike ballot papers had been printed and the strike machinery was all ready in case it should be found neeessarv to use it. Received 24, 1 a.m. Sydney, July 23. j The tramway men strike at noon tomorrow.

HYDATIDS IX RABBITS. Sydney, July 23. A statement was made at the Macouanie Shire Council meeting that many of the rabbits sent to Sydney for "consumption were suffering from hydatids. A councillor declared that he would sooner take a bottle of strychnine than eat a rabbit at the present time. He knew two rabbitcrs who had contracted the disease.

COM) SNAP. Sydney, July 23_. The weather is again wintry, with still' frosts.

ash-trust laws. Melbourne, July 23. Under the enlarged powers pi«vi<h-d l,v tin- amended Anti-Trust Act, the Cu-tunis authorities are enuiiiniig into the alleged existence of coal and confectionery combines with a view to possible action.

•• MOTHER GOOSE." Melbourne, July 23. The Supreme Court has begun the I -ing of (lie action concerning the. production of "Mother (loose" in \ ic A '"[ln this cn-e (be Tl.eal.-e Royal Dmrv 1-ane Co.. Ltd., London, as :.S----sj.mc'cs of the authors, issued a writ !!<rninst Mr. J. C Williamson, claiming all the profits made in Vieloria from the performance of "Mother finose.' or in the alternative forty shillim:, for each performance and an injunction restraining further performances.]