AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 134, 7 June 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

SUGAR WORKERS' STRIKE. (Received 11.50 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. The sugar workers of Ayr object to the present system of piece .work, and have struck for an 8-hour day with a minimum wage of 30/ a week. FIRST. GOVERNOR-GENERAL. (Received 11.50 a.m.) FREMANTLE, this day. The R.M.S. Marmora's passengers include the Marquis and Marchioness of Linlithgow. who are proceeding to Melbourne for the unveiling of a monument to the late Lord Hopetoun. SEEKERS AFTER NOTORIETY. (Received 9 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this- day. Two harem-skirted women who paraded the streets of Dimboola used hatpins to force their escape from a demonstrative crowd. Finally they were compelled to seek police protection. SYDNEY GOVERNMENT HOUSE. (Received 9.25 a.m. ) SYDNEY, this day.

In the House of Assembly Mr. Holman confirmed the proposal of the Government to take over Government House and transform it into a National Library and Museum, and the grounds into a public park. He added that' as a result of negotiations ij had been decided to offer the Federal Government the use of the building for a few months longer, certainly not beyond the end of the present year. x.nnmtrM's record break. (Heceived 9.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Lindrum carried his unfinished break to 1239, of which 1230 came off the red. STOCK RETURNS. (Received 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day.

The number of horses in New South Wales at the end of the past year was 650,504, an increase ■of 45,720; cattle, 3,132.228, an increase of 104,500; sheep, 45,825,000, a decrease of 377,270; pigs, 321,547, an increase of 83,695. The agricultural statistics show the State's total wheat yield to be 28,604,847 bushels, the average being 13.2 per acre. The shortage in lambs accounted for the decrease in sheep, older sheep showing an increase of over 131 J OOO.