AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 156, 27 July 1909, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

i- , COLLAPSE OF WALLS. By Cable—Press Association,->-</opyriglU Received July 2U, 10.15 p.m. Sydney, July 28. a, Jicavy <wiM*riy blow, » wall in course of renovation in SusßWt Street fell, burying nml injuring four ' t workmen, two seriously. Another wall in Batlmrst Street collapsed, injuring the workmen. * STRIKE AT NEWCASTLE. t ■ Received July 2(1, 10.15 p.m. > Sydney, July 20. f As foreshadowed, the waterside workers ut Newcastle struek as a protest against ships' crews discharging ballast. • '''l'i'ing generally is at a standstill. Later, through the mediation of the traffic manager of railways, the colliery proprietors and shipping'agents agreed to meet tile men in conference before Wednesday to discuss the whole question. The strikers resumed work at ; two o'clock in tiie afternoon. DISCOVERY "oi? OOLD-BEARINO STONE. Perth, Juljr 26. A discovery of rich gold-bearing stone is reported nt Yanama, near the south 1 Australian border. Twenty pounds of specimens are reported to contain ISO '.unices of gold. THE OPIUM TRAFFIC. Adelaide, July 2(1. A Chinese merchant in the city; states that a larger quantity of opium is smuggled in now than before the restrictive law was passed, and that acVcr. al Chinese have made fortunes out ot the traffic and returned to China. REFORM IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. Melbourne, July 26. The Education Bill, which has been introduced into the State Parliament, makes an important reform in the primary system. It provides for a council of public education, makes attendance ciuupiiluiy until leaving school at 14. Strict provision is made against the employment of child labor, and power is (riven to municipalities to levy rates for higher and technical education. Provision is also made for evening oontinuiilion classes for youths between 11 and