AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1921, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

44-HOUR WEEK. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyrigl’t. Sydney, Oct. 14. Judge Heeby, in the special court’, declined to extend the 44-hour principle to the railway service on account of the increase in cost involved, leading inevitably to increased fares and freights. THE PRICE OF MILK. Sydney, Oct. 14. The Profiteering Court reduced the price of milk from 9d to BAd. A SWIMMING RECORD. Sydney, Oct. 14. The Swimming Association passed Longworth’s record of 24min. 12 l-ssee. for a mile, -swum in 1911. Jt was not applied for until Ross established a record of 24min. 6«sec. at Sydney later. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FINANCE. Adelaide, Oct. 14. The Treasurer (Mr. Ritchie) delivered the Budget, and explained that the revenue for 1920-21 totalled £7,151.000, a deficit of £392,000. The accumulated deficit was £1,440,000. The revenue for 1921-22 was estimated at £7,796,000 and' the surplus £5OOO. WHEAT POOL DIFFICULTIES. Sydney, Oct. 14. The Minister for Agriculture announced that the banks have refused to finance the wheat pool. This means that, unless some other way out of rhe difficulty is found, the proposed compulsory pool will collapse. MR. HUGHES WELCOMED. Sydney, Oct. 14. Mr. "W. M. Hughes was tumultuously welcomed by great crowds on the occasion of the Rose Day collection for the united charities. AUTHORITY FOR LOAN. Melbourne, Oct. 14. The House of Representatives passed a Bill authorising the Treasury to raise a loan of five millions in London for general purposes. SYDNEY FLAG INCIDENT. Sydney, Oct. 15.

The Town Hall flew no flags for Mr. Hughes’ welcome, so a party of soldiers hoisted the Union Jack on the main flag-pole. Mr. Hughes, commenting on the action of the Lord Mayor (Mr. Lambert) on the occasion of Mr. Storey’s death,, said the Union Jack was condemned only by those who were enemies of the Empire. Mr. Lambert’s action would be condemned by an overwhelming majority of the Australian people. Mr. Lambert, who at present is at the Brisbane Labor Conference, sent word to Sydney explaining that the Australian flag was given the foremost position in accordance with the requirements of the Commonwealth constitution. So far as he was concerned it would always take precedence.

LABOR CONGRESS.. Brisbane, Oct. 14. The Inter-State Labor Congress an old clause to the objective—the cultivation of Australian sentiment, White Australia, and the development of a self-reliant community. The clause advocating nationalisation of banking and the promotion of municipalisation of activities was carried, and a clause advocating the representation of employees and representativs of the community on boards to manage each industry, and the establishment of Labor education institutions, at which workers would be trained in the management of industries. The Congress carried'a mot ion pledging members individually and collectively to refuse to participate in any war outside the Commonwealth. It was also decided to oppose all forms of assisted immigration, and to urge that no Government arrange for immigrants without the approval of organised Labor. The. Conference adopted a resolution in favor of self-government for Ireland.