AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 29 May 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PAPUAN RUBBER PLANTATION. By Cable.—Press Association.— r V>iwr'n'Ht Melbourne, May 27. The Federal Government is lending,' the Papuan administration £SOOO a year for five years for the purchase of a rubber plantation. FIREMEN'S WAGES. Sydney, May 27. The Fire Brigade Employees' Union has issued claims for an increase of 20 per cent, in wage*. OTL FUEL FOR DESTROYERS. Sydney, May 27. ~ Seventy thousand gallons of oil fuel were yesterday dispatched from Hartley Vale to the destroyers.

MOUNT LYELL MINE. Melbourne. May 27. At the half-yearly meeting of the Mount Lyell Mining Company, the chairman stated that the output showed a reduction of 15,000 tons, due to a less plentiful supply of underground labor. The grade of the ore showed an improvement, though the silver contents were lower. The total ore reserves at March 31 were 2,001,297 tons. STOPPING NAPHTHA DRINKING. Melbourne, May 27. In order to prevent the drinking of naphtha, the Minister of Customs has decided to make a new regulation providing for the addition of a half per cent, of coal tar to naphtha. BITTER PIT IN APPLES. Melbourne, May 27. Dr. Jean White's theory that the cause of bitter pit in apples is spraying with arsenate of lead is being tested by the Federal and State Governments.