AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

MELBOURNE’S MEAT SHORTAGE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Feb. 16, 11.5 p.m. Melbourne, Feb. 16. A mass meeting of the Meat Industries’ Union decided that there would be no direct extension of the dispute until another general meeting was held. Meanwhile meat supplies are shortening. The Stock and Station Agents’ Association decided not to hold stock sales during the coming week. Melbourne, Feb. 15. Eight hundred slaughtermen, laborers and carters have struck in support of the Newmarket drovers, rendering idle the metropolitan abattoirs and freezing works. A number of employees who were formerly tradesmen slaughtered their own stock. If the trouble is not settled it may develop to such an extent that all meat may be declared black. There is barely two days’ meat supply in the abattoirs and chilling chambers. THE BADAK CASE. Received Feb. 16, 11.5 pm. Melbourne, Feb. 16. Orten. one of the Badak accused, applied for an order nisi calling on the editor of Melbourne Pune?/ to show cause why he should not be committed for contempt in connection with the publication of an article dealing with the Badak case. The application was granted. LITHGOW STEEL WORKS IDLE. Sydney, Feb. 16. The only steel furnace working at Lithgow ironworks has closed, owing to the accumulation of steel caused through lack of orders. MOUNT MORGAN MINE. Brisbane, Feb. 16. The Mount Morgan conference arrived at an agreement for a compulsory conference in Brisbane on Friday. WESTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT. Perth, Feb. I’d. The Premier, who is sailing for London, stated that he had authorised the clearing of a million acres, to be followed by another million. He hoped to encourage tropical agriculture and cotton growing. GERMANY'S BOYCOTT THREAT. Melbourne, Feb. 16. Mr. Rodgers, Minister for Customs, referring to the threat of Germany to boycott Australian wheat unless the embargo on German trade was lifted, said the Ministry was not concerned. Germany purchased Australian last year because of the abnormal European market. Germany did not threaten to boycott Australian wool, because it was essential to her woollen