AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
DISASTER TO PROSPECTORS. By Telegraph.—Press Aasn.—Copyright. Adelaide, April Disaster has overtaken a party which left Adelaide in January to search for oil deposits in the Northern Territory and North-Western Australia. squall struck the boat passing Point Pearce and she sohk immediately. Two men are missing. * * LOW WAGES. Brisbane, April 7. The Arbitration Court has reduced the wages of adults by 5s and yonths 5 per cent, weekly, in the sugar refining industry, bringing the rates in accord with the basic wage. TARIFF RECIPROCITY. Melbourne, April 7. Negotiations have finally been settled and the provisional agreement has been signed to|-day. It is understood that the concessions favor the primary rather than the secondary industries. CRUISER BREAKS DOWN. Sydney, April 7. H.M.A.S. Adelaide, after starting on a 24 hours’ trial, returned to port after five hours in congequence of defects in the engine-room, and further trials have been postponed till Monday.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1922, Page 3
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151AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1922, Page 3
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