AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 103, 30 April 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

THE LATE MR. G. G. STEAD. (Received 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The morning newspapers contain appreciative notices of Mr. Stead as a citizen and sportsman. LABOUR LEGISLATION. (Received 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The Labour Congress decided that it is desirable that the Federal Government should control ail industrial legislation COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY. (Received 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. At the half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company the net' profits were disclosed at £134,779, and a dividend of 10 per cent was recommended, leaving £35,624 to carry forward. The report stated that the farmers of Australia, and New Zealand were beginning to realise the value of molasses for feeding stock, and the company had gone to a good deal of expense to meet the demands in this direction. CARLE CHARGES. (Received 10.10 a.m.) i MELBOURNE, this day. In 1906 the Commonwealth Government passed an Act abolishing the rate of a half-penny per word previously paid to the Eastern Extension Company on messages transmitted over the Tasmanian cables, leaving the company only the minimum sum guaranteed. The company is issuing a writ against the Government claiming damages equal to the difference between the guarantee and the receipts if the half-penny had been continued. \ GOVERNMENT SECURITIES*. (Received 9.29 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The Premiers' Conference resolved to favour the abolition of stamp duties on all Colonial Government securities, and that joint action was desirable to regulate the Australian Stock Exchange deal ing with Government securities. GOVERNMENT DEFEATS ON TARIFF. (Received 9.29 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The Government sustained three reverses last night over the Senate tariff recommendations. LIFEBOAT ADRIFT. SYDNEY, April 29. To-day a lifeboat was picked up off Port Stephens belonging to the barque Criffle, which sailed on Monday for South American ports. A LOST PROPELLER. SYDNEY, April 29. The cargo steamer Age, from Port Pirie to Sydney, lost her propeller while 130 miles from Sydney, and covered 90 miles under sail when picked up by the steamer Arawatta and towed to Sydney.