AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ENDOWMENT OF CHILDREN. By Telegraph.—Press Assn - Copyright. Sydney, Oct. 30. The Assembly read a third time the Endowment of Children Bill. A COLLIERY DISPUTE. Sydney, Oct. 30. Aggregate meetings of the northern colliery mechanics rejected the owners' offer for a settlement of the dispute as to wages and conditions, and submitted a new log, stating that if it was not agreed to they would give fourteen days' notice of a strike. NEW SOUTH WALES STOCK. Sydney, Oct. 30. The annual report of the Department of Agriculture shows increases of 219,555 cattle and 1,563,548 sheep in the State compared with the previous year. RIFLE COMPETITIONS. Sydney, Oct. 30. The Rifle Association has received a cablegram from the English Association stating that, if invited, a repreßentative y English team would visit Australia next year. A BASIC WAGE. Melbourne, Oct. 30. The Council of Employers of Australia passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to appoint a commission to inquire into the cost of living and fix a basic wage in all industries in the Commonwealth. VICTORIAN BUDGET. Melbourne, Oct. 30. In the Assembly the Budget was delivered. It showed a surplus for the year of £318,521, and it estimated that the current year would show a surplus of £50,950. AN INDUSTRIAL CODE. Adelaide, Oct. 30. The Assembly is debating the industrial code, which provides for the inclusion of public servants receiving less than £SOO yearly, and empowers the court to fix the quantity of work to be done for a given wage. STRIKE OF STEWARDS. Received Oct. 30, 9.50 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 30, The stewards on the Niagara have struck, owing to the stoppage of an increase of 35s monthly made during the influenza epidemic. Received Oct, 31,12.20 a.m. Sydney, Oct. 30. It is understood the stewards' dispute has been satisfactorily arranged. The Niagara will sail on Saturday. BARRING ENEMY GOODS. Received Oct. 30, 9.50 p.m. Melbourne, Oct. 30. A proclamation prohibits the importatios of packages not clearly marked stating the country of origin. This is done with the- object of preventing the introduction of enemy goods in parcels designed to disguise whence they originated. ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS. Received Oct. SO, 9.50 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 30. The Government proposes to vote £1,000,000 to assist drought stricken farmers, and will also introduce a. moratorium.—Aus._N.Z. Cable Assn.