AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PLAGUE RATS SCARCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Sydney, Jan. 16. The health authorities announce that no plague rats- have been found during the last fortnight. A DEAD BODY IDENTIFIED. Sydney, Jan. 16. The body of a man found on the rocks at Watson’s Bay in December last has been identified as that of Charles Winters, chemist, of Wellington. DIVORCES IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, Jan. 17. Divorce petitions in New South Wales last year totalled 1353, compared with 1430 for the previous year, which was a record. MINERS’ FEDERATION MANIFESTS. Sydney, The council of the Miners’ Federation has issued a manifesto stating that an early effort would be made to secure a six-hour day and a five-day week, also the abolition of the contract system and a fortnight’s holiday on full pay annually, an effective voice in the executive control of industry, and a number of other sweeping demands, with nationalisation as the final objective. COLORED LABOR SUPPORTED. Adelaide, Jan. 17. Mr. Durack, a member of the West Australian Parliament, in supporting Mr. Barwell’s proposal to employ colored labor in the Northern Territory, suggests that alien or indentured labor be tried for a period of 25 years, north of the ninetieth parallel, a percentage of those indentured to be repatriated every five years and till by the end of 25 years.