AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1921, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

REDUCTION OF LICENSES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Sydney, Jan. 31. The Licenses Reduction Board ordered ;he closing of 23 hotels in the Newcastle district. Further reductions will je considered later. A RACEHORSE SOLD. Sydney, Jan. 31. z The racer Whitephast has been sold io an Indian buyer for 3000 guineas. A GENEROUS GIFT. Adelaide, Jan. 31. The University Council accepted an oiler by Sir Langdon Bonythorn, pro- i prietor of The Advertiser newspaper, of j £40,00'0 for the erection of a great- hall.! 'or the university. COAL MINERS’ DEMANDS. Sydney, Jan. 31. ' The annual council meeting of the Coal and Shale Employees’ Federation . carried a no-confidence motion in the Ministry for failure to reinstate the i strikers victimised in 1917. It also decided to make the following , demand on coal owners. A six hours shift from bank to bank, a fortnight’s holiday on full pay, and a five days’ i week. A New Zealand delegate was present at the Coal Employees 1 Federation Conference and explained the Dominion position. RACE MEETINGS LIMITED. Melbourne. Jan. 31. Owing *o the coal shortage as the result of the shipping trouble, the Government is limning iace meetings, and Saturday’s fixtures will be postponed unless the position improves. Meantime the forthcoming Victoria Amateur Race Club’s February meeting may have to be postponed.