SEAMEN'S CONFERENCE.
Sydney, January 22.
Thjß Seamen's Conference is at present chiefly engaged in considering the balaace-sheets of the Unions in the various colonies. The finances of the Unwns in New South Wales, Victoria, ana South Australia are in a fair condition, but the Unions in New Zealand arid Queensland are in such a position tfeat it is proposed to send organisers to both these colonies.
The Conference is taking steps to bring pressure to bear on the- Postal Conference to secure the rigid exclusion of coolies from vessels engaged in ,mail contracts.
'. PACKING FOR APPLES. Melbourne, January 22.
In the course of an interview with
the Minister of Agriculture, a deputation pointed out that recent experiments had demonstrated that the very finest packing which could be obtained for apples was shredded tea-tree bark. A quantity of this bark was imported into the colony recently at a costot ;£n per ton. ' The Minister pointed out there was no necessity to import bark from Queensland. Tea-tree grew abundantly in Victoria, and if some sort of machine which could shred bark was obtained, settlers would have a most profitable industry.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 13, 23 January 1895, Page 5
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