AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 201, 22 February 1912, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

■TRIKE OF SLAUGHTERMEN. By Cabl*—Pret» Association—Copyright. Sydney, February 21. Thirty-«ight slaughtermen at Glebe Island struck, objecting to the system of grading the men. AGAINST MILITARY SERVICE. Sydney, February 21. A ballot of miners in the Newcastle and Maitland districts voted against compulsory training by a majority of two to one. VICTORIAN WHEAT CROP. Melbourne, February 21. Deliveries ahow that the Government statistician's estimate that the wheat crop would be 26,500,000 bushels will net be realised. The crop is now estimated at 22,000,000 bushels, which is 10,000 bushels below that of the previous year. RAIN IN QUEENSLAND. ' Brisbane, February 21. There have been heavy rains in the Tewnsville district, and several washawaya on the Northern Railway. A drought had been feared. RECOGNITION OF A STRIKE. Sydney, February 21. A gang of roadmakers struck at Koseiusko. Mr. Griffith, Minister of Works, instructed that they should be paid off, and stated that the Government would recognise a strike only when it was ordered union. A MAN AND A TUG. Sydney, February 21. A large tug was lying at the wharf with the crew absent when a man went on board and set the engines going. The tug careered wildly round the harbor and finally erashed into the wharf. The tug was severely damaged, but the man escaped.