AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

PAY FOR WOMEN TEACHERS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, December 20. The Teachers' Conference revived the question of equal pay for women'doing equal work with men. A motion to that effect wag, however, overwhelmingly defeated. CONSUMPTION IN SYDNEY. Sydney. Decernta' 20. The town, clerk's annual report declares that the compulsory notification of consumption has had 'beneficial results. There has .been a noticeable falling off of the disease.' AN UNCHARTED ROCK. Sydney, December 20. The surveying ship Sealark has located a dangerous rock off Cairns, Queensland, 'in the steamer route. IIEAT WAVE IN SYDNEY. Sydney, December 20. Another heat wave was experienced in the city yesterday. The brigade attended thirty-seven fins mostly small, but the number constitutes a record. COAL MINERS' STRIKE. ■Sydney. December 20. The Bulli coal mine is idle, eight hundred men having struck as the result of a dispute with the management regarding the weight of skips. A HOSPITAL CARNIVAL. Sydney. December 20. The Continental carnival held at St. David's Hospital was crowded and continued throughout the night. A "TRAMWAY KINO." Sydney. December 20. Mr. I egetmeior. formerly general manager of the liank of New Zealand, now known in England as "the tramway king," has arrived en route for New Zealand. Ue states that Sydney has the second largest street tramway service in the worid.