AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 34, 3 August 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

YACHT RACING. By Oa/ble—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, August 2. The .Victorian l Yacht Squadron has intimated its intention to challenge for the Sayonara Cup. The race will probably be sailed in January or February. The yacht OulWell 11. has been purchased by Albert and' Sayer, and a race for the Nomtohoote Cup ia also assured. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. I Sydney, August 2. Subscriptions to the King Edward memorial fund have reached £3383. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STOCK. Adelaide, August 2. The stock returns show increases in all lines, excepting siheep, which decreased by 164,560. Cattle increased by 40,828. The, dairying industry is' showing material progress. VICTORIAN WHEAT AREA, j Melbourne, August 2. The wheat area for the current season ia estimated at 2.571,000 acres, as against 2,638,000 acres kst year. SWEATING IN SYDNEY. Sydney, August 2. Before the Shortage of Labor Commission, evidence wits given that women workers in factories earn six to eleven shillings weekly. One women stated that, finding her own cotton, she earned sixshillings a dozen for shirts and three shillings for shirt blouses. A BARQUE IN TROUBLE. I Melbourne, August 2. j The French barque Neuilly, from! Dunkirk to Noumea, has put in for re- j pairs. She was damaged and sprung a! leak in gales off the Cape of Good Hope,; twenty-five days ago, and was kept afloat iby constant pumping. Only a bulkhead saved her from foundering. There fifteen feet of water in the ■ forepeak when she arrived. The crew had a trying, time. I • =====