AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 29 March 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

THE SHOW-GROUND RIOT. * By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, March 28. An old man has succumbed to injuries received in the show-ground riot. EXPORT OF APPLES. Melbourne, March 28. A record consignment of apples has been shipped to England. TIMBER STACKERS' DISPUTE. Melbourne, March 28. The timber stackers' strike has been settled. The men get Is 3d an hour and special rates for overtime. Employers guarantee that non-unionists will not be employed unless unionists are unavailable. The agreement will operate till November, 1913. THE CADET CONTINGENT. Sydney, March 28. : The cadet contingent, which is going to the coronation, has been increased to 120. PRISON REFORM. Brisbane, March 28. The Government is considering a scheme of prison reform, including rewards for good conduct and supplying reading matter. ALLEGED YOUTHFUL ROBBER. Melbourne, March 28. A youth named Stott has teen committed for trial on a charge of having robbed the Footscray railway booking office. The proceeds of the robbery, amounting to £7, were spent at the races and theatre, and on lollies. He waa remanded on a charge of the attempted sticking-up of the Elizabeth street post office, where a man presented a; revolver at the woman iu charge, but fled when he noticed another woman in the telephone compartment.