AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 95, 18 May 1909, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PATENT FIRE EXTINGUISHER, Received May 18, U3 t>nii Sydney, Ust Ntebfc. ' Aduccs have been received that the* representatives of the Admiralty ,noLlovds, an d the l.onoon fire uriwteT witnessed a. satteMtiry trial «TttJ. hre extinguisher invented by Dr. Harker,. W Sydney, lhe process consists of using waste gases from the uptake of a vessels boilers for lire extinguishing and Umiigution purposes. After successful trials in Sydney Dr. Harker proceeded to London. ' •STORMY WEATHER. Received May 17, 11.50 p.m. _. , . Sydney, May 17. Inc weather is stormy nnd bitterlyr* SEAMEN'S DISPUTE. *■- Received May 17, 11.50 p.m. Sydney, May lE.. The conference of coastal steamdkip* owners and the Seamen's Union is jrogressing. The questions involved include a demand for increased ocertimf pay and preference to unionists. It i* understood there are good prospects «U an amicable arrangement being effcetwj, A REVERSE TO LABOR. / Adelaide. May 17 J At the byc-eleelion for the n „{' 1 District of the Legislative Cc.,jJ? «' Bruce, an anti-Lntor candid . unol1 ' T turned. The district. , ,■»*•• ™*. tc> three years elected a t» 5 !"' prcVlW * ____ borite. • FEDERAL ' TO - MTlcSi >■''< II i« nodvnW */ d M »?'7regarding the- ■» that the negotiations Dcakin Hiidi V T>Jop*>"f<i fusion of the |y faileii parties have practically ~ ar .OKI'N HILL STRIKES. ll ' . ?}dney, May 17. i'iu» .' s reported that there is A grow- ,! . feeling amongst miners at the Bar.er 111 favor of ending the trouble. An important decision is likely on Tuesday.. INVBSTKiATINfi COLONIAL LEGISLATION. Sydney, Mav 17. Professor Mnncs. of the* Berlin University, lias arrived as a commissioner to investigate the Labor problems and' indiislriail legislation in Australia audi I New Zealand. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. s . V( lncy. May 17. tseful rain fell in all parts of theMale, excepting in coastal districts, where ~t was light. Up to an inch feil at Rivenna.