AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 March 1916, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

•TASMANIAN ELECTIONS. By C*ble,—Press Association—Copyright Hobart, March 30. It will be gome days before the election figures are complete. In the meantime the position is not altered. The liquor vote fixes the closing hour per» manently, not for the duration of the war, '' Melbourne, March 80. It was stated at the hearing of the Broken Hill case that a 44-hour week would result in the output of lead being reduced 17,430 tons per week. ILLICIT GOLD TRAFFIC. \"~" ""-*■ Perth, March 30. It was stated at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Mines at Kalgoorlie that the illicit gold trafflo amounted to £IOO,OOO per year. A PROHIBITED EXPORT. ' Sydney, March 30. The export of waste paper, without the written consent of the Minister of Customs, is prohibited. LIQUOR REFERENDUM BILL. **'"' " Sydney, March 30. The Legislative Council passed the Liquor lleferendum Bill through committee unamended, though several members advocated the Government abandoning preference votingand making it ft clear-cut issue between six and nine o'clock. BURGLARS SENTENCED., Sydney, March 30. Ryan ai d Lewi9, convicted of burglary at Mossman, at the house of Kelly, a bookmaker, have been sentenced to seven and three years' penal servitude respectively. [A cablegram on January 17 said:— Three marked burglars entered the residence of Walter Kelly, bookmaker, at ■ Mossman, and assembled the family in their night clothes at the levolver's point it a bedroom. One guarded them and threatened to shoot on the slightest movement, while another ransacked the house, securing £3OO, the takings at Saturday's races. A hoard of • £270 ia gold escaped discovery.] TRAMWAYMEN'S WAGES. Sydney, March \SO. The recent arbitration award in connection with the tramways employees adds £50,000 per annum to the wages sheet.