AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

ORDERED BACK TO WORK. Hv Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received October 5. 11.20 p.m. Hobart, Oct. 5. A number of engineers employed by the Mount Lyell Company, who were dismissed on Friday last for refusing to work the forty-eight hour week, have been instructed by the executive to return to work. A STRIKE ENDED. Melbourne. Oct. 5. The Adelaide clothing trades employees, who have been on strike for a month, have resumed work at pre-strike rates. BOILERMAKERS GO SLOW. Sydney, Oct. 4. The boilermakers, at a special meeting, reaffirmed the decision to abide by the go-slow policy. As a result of this it is probable the Cockatoo Island and Garden Island naval dockyards will be closed. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. Melbourne, Oct. 5. It is announced that the Federal elections will be held on December 16. AN ANTI-BRIBERY BILL. Brisbane, Oct. 5. In the Assembly a Bill was introduced to amend legislation dealing with the bribery of members of Parliament. It provides for the forfeiture of property used for the purpose. The Bill is designed to confiscate £3200 found on Sleeman and Connolly in a recent case. WASTE OF FISH.

Sydney, Oct. 4. There is much adverse comment regarding statements alleging that tons of fish caught by the State trawlers have been allowed to rot at the depots in preference to selling below a certain price. An official reply admits a glut, but contradicts the wholesale allegations.

The Chief Secretary, replying to a question in the Assembly, however, stated that 1372 cases of lower classes of fish were dumped after being offered and refused by the unemployed, who demanded to be supplied with flat head. PLAGUE RATS. Sydney, Oct. 4. Following the reported discovery of a rat suffering from, plague at Kelvin Grove, the Mayor of Brisbane has made charges against the authorities at Sydnel, alleging they are not properly carrying out the supervisory measures; also that plague rats were being caught in Sydney, whence he claimed the Kelvin Gove specimen came in a shipment of produce. The New South Wales health authorities deny the statements and declare no infected rats have been discovered for months. STATE HOUSING SCHEME. Sydney, Oct. 5. The report of the Housing Board which inquired into the State building scheme, condemns the group building system, advocates the individual ' system, and condemns the day labor system as more expensive and wasteful than contracting. GERMAN VESSEL ARRIVES. Melbourne, Oct. 5. The German Australian liner Hanau, the first since the war, has arrived. The officers comprise previous internees in Australia.