AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1921, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

LOWER WAGES GRANTED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Nov. 7. In the Arbitration Court the Railway Commissioner applied for a reduction or weekly in the wages of locomoI tive engineers and power-house enginei drivers, in accordance with the recent j declaration by the Board of Trade. The Crown intervened, asking for an adjournment for a month on the ground •that the Crown had asked the Board of Trade to reconsider its decision. Judge Curletis refused the Crown’s application, stating that it was not in the public ; interest. He granted a. reduction in connection with power-house enginedrivers, and adjourned the other ease ■for further evidence. LOSS BY FIRE.

Sydney, Nov. 7. Fire destroyed Taylor’s general store in Junee. The damage amounts to ' j £60,U00. i j ABOLITION OF OVERTIME. ; I H Melbourne, Nov. 7. j In the Arbitration Court the Austra- | lian Workers’ Union applied for the I abolition of all overtime, the representative stating the unions were opposed ! to overtime unless it was absolutely ne- ! cessary. J POLITICS IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, Nov. 7. ’ The Northern Queensland Country ’! Party Conference passed a resolution condemning the Government for politi- • cal interference with the judiciary and the hurried closure of Parliament, pointing out that it was evidently their intention to govern without Parliamenti ary control and suggesting the promuli gation of a monster petition by the ! people calling for the dismissal of the i Government.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. QUEENSLAND LOAN POLICY. Sydney, Nov. 8. Mr. Theodore, Premier of Queensland, en route from Brisbane, denied that be was visiting America for the purpose of i raising a loan. He stated that uo doubt j lie would again try America when another loan was necessary. WOMEN’S IMMODEST DRESS. Sydney, Nov, 8. Archbishop Kelly has issued a pas- ! toral letter strongly condemnatory of ’ some women’s modes of dressing. I The letter says, inter alia, that “the ! devil’s snare is found to be set surely j and fatally in the allurements of at- ; tire.” The Archbishop declares that j the chief obstacle to reform is worldliness aud adds: “Immorality is indc- ; fensible and therefore seeks to hide- ' itself in fashion. When fashion obtains sway over general usage it disregards i : the requirements of modesty and re- : ligion. Such is the condition to which J-1 we have generated in our day.” The letter exhorts the laity and cler-h ; gy to do their utmost to securq a re- I : form and to keep fashion wit-hhi limits j of Christian decorum. WHEAT PRICE CUT. Melbourne, Nov? 8. The Wheat Commission has reduced , the price of wheat for conversion into flour for export in November-December from 5s 3d to 5s per bushel.