AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1922, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

MINERS AND COAL TRIBUNAL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. Sydney, Sept. 6. As the outcome of a special meeting of the council of the Miners’ Federation, which endorsed the action of the miners’ representatives on the coal tribunal in refusing to proceed with further consideration of the owners’ claims for a reduction of wages, the miners at collieries throughout the Commonwealth will hold stop-work meetings on Thursday to discuss whether the men’s representatives shall withdraw from the tribunal. PROTECTING SUGAR PRODUCERS. Melbourne, Sept. 7. Mr. George Pritchard, secretary of the Australian Sugar Producers’ Association, giving evidence bejore the Federal Sugar Inquiry, favored the imposition of a duty of £l4 per ton in order effectively to protect the sugar industry. It was impossible for Queensland growers to sell to jam-makers to enable the latter to compete favorably with overseas markets. AERIAL C.T.’S. Sydney, Sept. 7. Three commercial travellers are inaugurating an airship tour of the southern and central towns on September 9. Samples of many lines will be carried. The tour is expected to last six weeks, after which a tour of the northern rivers is contemplated. JUDGES’ SALARIES RAISED. Adelaide, Sept. 7. In the Assembly a Bill was passed increasing the salary of the Chief Justice from £2OOO to ’ £2500 and those of puisne judges from £l7OO to £2OOO.