VICTORIAN RAILWAYMEN.

Auckland Star, Issue 291, 9 December 1925, Page 7

VICTORIAN RAILWAYMEN.

UNION SECRETARY SPEAKS. (Received 12 noon.) MELBOURNE, this day. In applying to the Arbitration Court for an interim award pending completion of the hearing of the union's claims, th° secretary of the Australian Railways" , Union said he could not restrain the members of his union much longer from resorting to means other than arbitration to gain their ends. The secretary complained that the basic wage at present paid to railwaymen in Victoria is so low that it is causing acute suffering.—(A. and N.Z.) CORNSTALKS , THIRST. THE N.S.W. DRINK BILL. (Received 12 noon.) SYDNEY, this day. The Government Statistician's figures ■how that the drink bill in New South SnrnSn c year amou «ted to £11,6/0,000, equal to £5 3/7 per head of £321nnT ??', bdng an increase of £321,000, or lid per head of the population, compared with the preceding year. CREW FOR KAROOLA. SAILS AFTER SIX WEEKS. (Received 12 noon.) PERTH, this day. After the vessel had been delayed at *remantle for six weeks owing to'indus- ' Üble> the Somen's Union decided to supply a full crew for Hip "earner Karoola.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) FINANCES OF FRANCE. SEVEN NEW Bins. * PARIS, December 8. (£ B+ finan^ ia i. polic y of M - Loucheur (Mm lß ter of Finance) is embodied in I •wen separate bills. These include I nrlro"f fl e « tab ''sh a sinking fund, to Sal t Ca u fraUdS aHd the fli ? ht oi Hto a " er th * railway rates, and c meth ° ds ° f C ° llection of serar* » OUCh J e ,"I- hopes ul «™ately to S e s rnnua^lTLS 4 ) mUliardS ° f FEDERAL _PARLIAMENT. e OVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME. ~- MELBOURNE, December 8. ,^islative Programme for the ' meZt ? n ? CCU Py the attention of tS ? • r aboUt Bix months, will ? lme Minist « (Mr. S. M. Bruce) mt to aVe H for , L^ ndon about *Pto3£ THE COAL SUBSIDY. BRITAIN PAYS £19,000,000. . -. LONDON, December 8. The Supplementary Estimates disclose we fact that the coal subsidy w=ll cost the country £19,000,000, or f9,000,000 SkSw")" ° f the ° riginal esti mate.-j