AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1921, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

LABOR AND WHEAT BILL. By Talegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. ♦Sydney, Nov. 15. The Labor Party executive passed a resolution that the Government should swamp the Legislative Council and recommit the Wheat Bill. WOOD PULP PAPER. Sydney, Nov. 15. The State timber yards are carrying out experiments in connection with the manufacture of news print from mountain gum tree pulp. The Government is submitting the pulp to a test immediately. The Crown owns thousands of acres of land containing mountain gum trees. £5 PER DAY FOR SEAMEN. Melbourne, Nov. 15. The Wainui, bound for New Zealand, is detained in port, owing to the seamen demanding £3O for the trip, averaging £5 a day. It is stated that the Seamen’s Union are supporting the claim. CHEAPENING WIRELESS. Sydney, Nov. 15. Mr. E. T. Fisk, on behalf of Amalgamated Wireless Limited, addressed the National Club regarding the cheapening of communication with the rest of the world. The scheme would cost £l,000.000. of which Amalgamated Wireless had £450,000 and desired the Commonwealth to subscribe the balance and take control. He promised to give a first-class service at one-third less cost per word than the cable and added that the Commonwealth, besides possessing a powerful plant, would be saved the present annual deficit of £60,000.