AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 326, 13 June 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DRIVERS' STRIKE SETTLED. By Cable—Press Association— Copyright. Adelaide, June 12. The drivers' strike has been settled as the outcome of negotiations with the Employers' Federation. TRANSFERRED TO THE COMMONWEALTH. Melbourne, June 12. The value of the properties transferred from Victoria to the Commonwealth is £2,250,000, on which £BO,OOO per annum interest is claimed from July 1 last. FLOODS IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, June 12. There are floods in the Trafalgar district and many crops have been destroyed, including hundreds of tons of onions. Some residents have been compelled to leave their homes. BURGLARY AT KOCKHAMPTON. Brisbane, June 12.' Burglars visited the shop of Flavelle and Roberts, jewellers at Roekhampton, and secured between two and three thousand pounds' worth of jewellery and £3O cash. COLD SNAP CONTINUES. Sydney, June 12. Bitterly cold weather is general, and there is snow with heavy frosts in many districts.

GOVERXOR-GEXEKA L'S RESIDENCE. Melbourne, June 12.

Mr. King O'Malley, Federal Minister of Home Affairs, suggests that if the Governor-General desires to visit Sydney or other cities he should do as the President of the United States did and secure apartments in a hotel or rent a cottage.

ENSLAVEMENT OF NATIVES. Sydney, June 12. The secretary of the Labor Council has received a letter from a resident of Fiji seeking to enlist the council's sympathy against .what he terms the enslavement of natives. He alleges that natives are compelled, in spite of protests, to keep roads in order without payment of any kind. THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR. Brisbane, June 12. A feature of Saturday's concerts was the superbly just intonation and the remarkable manner in which the pitch was kept. All the items given were unaccompanied and characterised by clearness of enunciation and dramatic intensity.