AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1918, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE TREASON CASS, j Sydney, August 8. In the treason case a letter from America ■elated that America's entry into ilie war -was the best thing that' ever happened, as it had thrown ilie ■, Irish and Germans together into a united body. It asked that funds, up sent to Sydney and thence to Berlin by direct messenger.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable , Assoc LABOR LEADER'S VIEWS. Sydney, August 8. In a newspaper controversy regarding post-war policy, Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labor and Industry, contends that threats to continue the war after a military victory in the economic sphere will only tend to solidify our enemies. Nothing could be more useful to the Kaiser than such an announcement by responsible Empire leaders. Mr. Beeby declares that Australia has an open mind on the question, and, until the final balancing takes place, she is prepared to say that she does not care what becomes of the conquered colonies =0 long as the final peace terms prevent Prussian militarism ever again deluging the worid with blood and tears.— Aus.-K.Z. Cable Assoc. STRIKE OF CANE CUTTERS Brisbane, August S. The cane-cuttcrs in the Innesfail dis- ' trict have ceased work, demanding an increase of pay to 25s per day. The mills are paying off employees.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. FEDERAL BONUS TO SEAMEN. Melbourne, August S. The Federal Government is paying a bonus to seameji in Commonwealth ships employed in the danger zone. — Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. ABOLITION OF CAPITALIST CLASS. Sydney, August 8. The Trades Union Congress adopted a preamble in favor of the abolition of the capitalist class and the ownership of means of production and the establishment of social ownership by the whole community, the change to be wrought by the workers uniting in one class—conscious economic organisation to take hold of the means of production by revolutionary industrial and political action.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.