AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9021, 7 January 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

IMMIGRATION. NEW SOUTH WALES FIGURES. Received January 6, 9.10 a.m. SYDNEY, January 6. Last year, 2,845 persons arrived in the State under the Government assisted immigration scheme. RECENT JEWEL ROBBERY. FOUR MEN ARRESTED. Received January 6, 9.10 a.m. SYDNEY, January 6. Four men have been arrested in connection with the recent robbery of £2OO worth of jewellery from the premises of Anthony Hordern.

NEW SOUTH WALES GOLD YIELD. Received January 7, 1.18 a.m. SYDNEY, January 6. The New South Wales gold yield for the year amounted to 247,3630z5, valued at £1,051,000. Compared with the previous year this is a decrease of 6,6240z5, of the value of £28,136.

NEWCASTLE COLLIERY TROUBLES. TO BE PLACED BEFORE SPECIAL COURT. Received January 6, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, January 6. The colliery proprietors will place the whole of their troubles before the Special Court to-day. It is feared that unless the miners show a conciliatory attitude the proprietors will withdraw from the court. MATTER BEFORE SPECIAL COURT. POSITION CONSIDERED TO BE CRITICAL. » —— Received January 7, 1.18 a.m. SYDNEY, January 6. Excepting the Rhonda, Pacific, Northern Extended, Northumberland, and the four Teralba district pits, all the mines worked to-day. When the Special Court met the miners' representative argued that the Teralba miners were entitled to a rise of fourpence, and if thin was given they would return to work. Counsel for the proprietors claimed that the men were only entitled to, and were offered, an increase of twopence until the Court fixed a permanent rate. This offer had been refused, and the men had stopped work, notwithstanding the terms of the Premier's proposals that the existing conditions should continue until all disputes had been dealt with by the Court. The proprietors contended that the position was preposterous and it was useless to go further with the present Court or Royal Commission, After the arguments on both sides had been heard the miners' representative agreed to accept a rise of twopence, but the proprietors declined to accede to this, contending that the whole matter was now before the Court, and should be left in the hands of the Court. Nothing definite had been dscided when fhe Court adjourned until tomorrow. The position is considered to be critical.