AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1916, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright VARIOUS STRIKES. Sydney, April 7. A strike of engineers at Eveleigh railway shops, and at the Garden Island naval workshops, is seriously delaying important public works. A strike of electricians in the Public Works Department is also holding up a number of big jobs. Four hundred engineers at Walsh Island have struck, alleging harsh treatment of three drillers. A. VISIT TO BRITAIN. Melbourne, April 7. . A proposal of the Empire Parliamentary Association that ten members of the Commonwealth Parliament should visit Britain in July has been accepted. It will comprise six Laborites and four Liberals. POST OFFICE ECONOMY. Sydney, April 7. The Postmaster-General, in view of the need for economy during the war, has asked municipal councils and kindred bodies to curtail demands for postal, telegraphic and telephonic facilities. EXPORT OF (PEPPER. Melbourne, April 7. The export of pepper and capsicums without the consent of the Minister is prohibited. t NEW SOUTH WALES RECRUITS. Sydney, April 7. The enlistments in the State during the past three months total 17,322. INSCRIPTION WANTED. . Hobart, April 7. The Tasmanian War Council passed a motion urging the Commonwealth to adopt some form of compulsory service. NO RISE IN BUTTEB. Sydney, April 7. The Commodities Commission refused to recommend at present the application of butter manufacturers to increase the price, to 1403.

WAR RISKS. Sydney, April 7. The Sydney Morning Herald, In a special article dealing with the effect of the war on life insurance offices, states that one Australian office has already paid £53,000 on deceased soldiers' claims, despite the fact that it has done no new war_ business. One important office is issuing new risk policies at 5 per cent. i additional, probably the lowest rate of, (the kind accepted in the world. Others ask 10 per cent., a nd some are refusing this class of risk. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Sydney, April 8. The Pa,ppageorgi mystery is unsolved, and £IOO reward is offered for information. [The body of George Pappageorgi, a Greek, was found at the rear of his cafe in George street. His head had been smashed with a cleaver that was alongside him, and a rope was drawn tightly round his neck. The register in the shop had been rifled.] PAIR RENTS COURT, Sydney, April 8. The Superintendent of Labor reports that the Fair Rents Court is not'affecting building. The slump is due to the banks refusing advances to speculative builders, =S