AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8879, 13 November 1907, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

QUEENSLAND, POLITICS. . SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CABINET. Received November 12, 8.30 a.m. BRISBANE, November 12. A special meeting of the Cabinet was held last night to discuss the position that has arisen as a result of the Premier's negotiations with the Labour Party. A caucus of the Ministerialists is convened for to-day. It is persistently reported that Mr Kidston intends to resign the Premiership. RESIGNATION OF KIDSTON MINISTRY. MR PHILP FORMS A CABINET. NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION. Received November 12, 6.36 p.m. BRISBANE, November 12. In the General Assembly to-day Mr W. Kidston, Premier of Queensland, announced the resignation of his Ministry. Mr Phijp announced that he had been sent for, and had consented to form a Ministry. Mr Kidston gave notice to move to-morrow that the House does not favour a change of Government.

(The Labour Party refused the other day to fall in Iwith the proposal of Mr Kidston for an alliance between the parties in face of the blocking of the Elections Bill by the Legislative Council).

NEWCASTLE MINERS'DISPUTE. A CONFERENCE. Received November 12, 9.41 a.m. SYDNEY, November 12. As a result of the efforts of Mr Wade, State Premier, the coal miners have agreed to continue to work for three days, the proprietors having consented to'an early conference to discuss the trouble. SEVERAL MINES CLOSEDOWN. SYDNEY, November 12. Several Newcastle mines have ceased work owing to the owners demanding that the'men should continue to work unconditionally until the dispute is settled. The men desired a guarantee that in the event of working for the next three days they would be paid all the wages earned if the dispute had not been settled.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Received November 12, 11.48 p.m. SYDNEY, November 12. At the wool sales, to- day, bidding was brisk, but values were lower than last week. Good wools showed a decline of 2$ to?s per cent, and faulties 5 to 7 per cent. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. BARQUE ON HER BEAM ENDS. Received November 11, 11.48 p.m. SYDNEY, November 12. The barque Bengairn, which left Newcastle for Antofagasta, on November 2nd, was towed into Sydney to-day in a crippled condition. The crew had a thrilling experience on the coast After making an offing they encountered a terrific gale. The cargo shifted, and the barque with a great lurch went on her beam ends. Great seas thundered all over her. The hatch coverings started, and water began to find its way below. The masts were cut away to save the vessel. The vessel was 300 miles off the coast at the time, but managed to make the coast safely.