AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) SYDNEY, April 13. An empty tram car collided with a laden tram at Randwick, a suburb of Sydney. Seven persons were slightly injured. RUGBY FOOTBALL. SYDNEY, April 13. The Rugby League fixtures for Sydney include matches between NewSouth Wales and New Zealand on June 22nd and 24th and July loth, and matches /between New Zealand and the Northern branches of the League at Maitland on June 28th, and at Newcastle on July 12th. THREE HUNDRED MEN IDLE. SYDNEY, April 14. Three hundred men at the Portland Cement Company's works have been rendered idle owing to the Sydney ■wharf labourers refusing to handle bagged cement on the ground that the dust was injurious to their health, notwithstanding that the ' Company is providing special paperlined 'bags, and is offering an increase in pay to Is 6d per hour. HOLIDAY CROWDS. , SYDNEY, April. 14. There are record crowds in Sydney for the Easter holidays, the trains and trams being unequal to the demand put upon them. At the telephone exchange there were 90,000 calls yesterday, which easily consti- ' tutes a record. PENNY POST. SYDNEY, April 13. The postal authorities are preparing for increased business following the inauguration of penny postage on May Ist. - FUGITIVE ARRESTED. * SYDNEY, April 13. The police have arrested a man named William 'Ha'l, who escaped lam custody'nine years ago while serving a sentence for burglary. He! had been taking refuge in Xe ■■■ Zealand, and was part of his tint • in gaol in the Dominion. DAIRYMEN'S UNION. | ■■: ' SYDNEY, April 13. I The dairymen have formed themselves into a Union, to corn-hat the claims of the Rural Workers' Union ! before the Arbitration Court. 1 COMMONWEALTH>OTE ISSUE. ! MELBOURNE, April 13. ' It is estimated that wlien the issue of Bank notes ceases on July Ist there will he sufficient paper to meet a demand up to eleven millions. HONOURING THE PREMIERS. MELBOURNE, April 13. The English Universities have expressed a desire to confer honorary degrees on visiting Dominion Premiers.
A FINE NUCCET. BRISBANE, April 14. A twelve-pound nugget unearthad at Ebagoolah, North Queensland, yielded gold to the value of £220. A FAREWELL MESSAGE. PERTH, April 11. Mr Andrew Fisher, Commonwealth Prime Minister, addressing a farewell meeting here, said the Government had decided that the trans-Continen-tal railway should be provided for in one of the first measures introduced next session. He hoped that, as a result of the Imperial Conference, the people would be brought to .see that it was wrong to spend money on ships for the destruction of human lives.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10213, 15 April 1911, Page 5
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425AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10213, 15 April 1911, Page 5
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