AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SUGAR FREIGHT DISPUTE. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Vclbourne, April 28. A compromise bus been arrived at over the trouble between the Commonwealth and the Adelaide Steamship Co. over sugar freight, the Government agreeing to pay lod per ton above their previous oiler. AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Sydney, 'April 2S. Mr. Holman and Ministers were absent from the' Labor Conference, which postponed further censure motions. 4N ILL-USED COMMUNITY. Sydney, April 28.

•At the Chambers of Commerce Conference a Wellington delegate hotly protested at the confounded blunders of the post office in forwarding letters for local Wellington residents to New Zealand. He added: "Wellington, New South Wales, was Wellington 'before Wellington, New Zealand, was born. If the Chamber could knock into the head* of the post office to send all letters tt)| the local Wellington first a lot of money and time would be saved."

(Wellington, N.S.W., is 250 miles from Sydney, and has a population of 3000.) , BROKEN HILL MINERS. Received April 28, 9.30 p.m. Melbourne, April 28. Justice Higgins has given his award in the Broken Hill miners' case against fhe Proprietary Company. It grants a 44-hour Aveek, conditional on the men producing as much as in a 48-hour week, and provides certain increases in wages. The award also fixes a minimum wage. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CROPS. Received April 28, 10.20 p.m. Adelaide, April 28. The official record of the past season's wheat yield is 34,134,304 bushels, an average of 12.44, and of oats 2,134,374 bushels, an average of 10.07 to the acre. BLOOD STOCK SALES, Received April 28, 10.20 p.m. Sydney, April 28. At the yearling sales the Malster— Patrona colt brought 575 guineas. Mr. W. Duncan paid 100 guineas for the Cyrus—Cheeky colt, and 300 guineas for the Linacre—Miss Arlington colt. Mr. E. W. Alison gave 300 guineas for the Malster—Coramba filly; Mr. A. Wi Rutherford 05 guineas for the Flavius— Lady Content colt.