AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1922, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE CLYDE WORKS. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright Sydney, July 25. Sir George Fuller has announced t) at arrangements have been made for the ■ continuance of operations at the Clyde 'works. PRICE OF BUTTER REDUCED. Melbourne July 25. The price of butter has been reduced 16s per cwt. THE LIVING WAGE. Sydney, July 25. The Board of Trade has decided not to interfere with the living wage in .rural districts till the reconsideration o f the general living wage on October S. HEAVY RAINFALL. Sydney. July 24. Torrential rains have been recorded in the north-east of New South Wales, and floods are threatened in many district*?. Splendid ■soaking rains are reported in . the wheat belt, and exceptionally heavy downpours in the metropolitan area. There ore no signs of the abatement of the rain. Sydney Heads recorded a gale with squalls at 80 miles an hour. The storm caused considerable flooding and damage in the low-lying suburbs. OPPOSED. Sydney. July *25. A stormy conference of union secretaries and officers considered the Labor Council's ‘‘go-slow” scheme. The secretary of the Labor Council subsequently stated that the conference had decided that every possible means should be adopted to prevent a reduction of wages and an increase of hours. He added that the- “go-slow” scheme was only the forerunner of what was coming. The Labor Council’s “go-slow” proposals are meeting with considerable opposition. Already several unions have adopted a resolution declining to endorse them.