AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 179, 27 July 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

HUSTLED AMU SOBBED. SYDNEY. July 26. A daring robbery occurred in the city, An employee of a local company was returning from a hank with a bag containing £36 for wages, when two men hustled him into a doorway, snatched up the bag, and escaped. ! TRADE TO BRITISH OUTPOBTS. SYDNEY. July 26. A proposal is afoot to establish a direct steamship service to Hull. Probably the Victorian and Queensland Governments will be. asked to join New South Wales in subsidising the service. A.M.P. PROVIDENT FUND. SYDNEY, July 26. A special meeting of the , . Australian Mutual Provident Society has adopted a proposal to contribute out of the funds £2.500 annually to the officers' provident fund. WHARF LABOURERS' STRIKE. SYDNEY, July 26. After a conference between counsel the ch.irjres of striking against 34 of the North Toast Company's wharf labourers have been withdrawn. Throe other charges were dismissed on th« ground that the men were not a.ware, that the strike was railed till they arrived at the wharf. The ether cases .-ire unfinished. A THREATENED STRIKE. (Received 11.10 a.m.) JIKLBOUHNE. this day. ) A serious .strike of miners i> threatened at Day I ford. it is hinted that the matter may extend beyond Victoria. A meeting u> bo hold to-morrow will decide tlie matter.