SAVINGS BANK.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20315, 14 August 1931, Page 11

SAVINGS BANK.

j RECONSTRUCTION I'LAIN. | BUSINESS MEN AS TRUSTEES, j I (l SITED j'RIiSS ASSOCIATION" — BY EI.KCTIIIU ' TELEQBAI'H—COPYfIIQHT.) 5 i ltceeived August 14th, 12.30 a.m.) { SYDNEY, August 'io. | A. movement to resuscitate the New j South. Wales Government Savings Bank ; ,is taking dofinito shapo witli an an- [ j nouncetnenfc that the Government has j obtained the consent of four prominent j business men who are prepared to act >us trustees ol: the proposed recoil- ■, j structed bank; also that upwards of £15,000,000 ot' London money is believed to bo on offer from the Midland Bank. 'Well-informed people, however, aro of the opinion that the necessary financial accommodation can bo arI ranged locally. ! A Bill for the reconstruction of the 1 bank "will be introduced next week. i i ! WAGE REDUCTION, j j STRIKE OK NEWSPAPER j i EMPLOYEES. j ! t ! tKeeei\cd August. luti). T.oO (>.in..) | i " I j PFUTIi, August Ui. ! A ariko oi tu-wspaper employees today prevented the production ot the | city's afternoon newspaper ,tlie "Perth j Daily News.'' The morning tiewsjmper, j the "Western Australian," i.s unlikely j to appear tomorrow. ! The dispute involves tho proprietors ' of both journals and their lneehanieal j stall's. It arises out of reductions in j pay following on a heavy drop in adj veriisiiig anil tho high cost of news- ! print due la tin; adverse exchange. | SHIPPING MERGER. ! ) PROTECTION OK AUSTRALIAN CREWS. i '. K'-'cci \ eil August J-Uli, Jl'.oU a.m.,i | | SYDNEY, August 13. A. L. Aloate, secretary of the Stewards' Union, with tho authority of the Maritime Unions, is communicating with (lie l'rimc Minister, Mr Scullin, requesting him to negotiate with the New Zealand and Fijian Governments with the object of prohibiting the liners ! Niagara and Aorangi from trading in I Australian waters in the event of their I Australian crews being displaced by foreigners, following the recent Canad ! ian Pacific Railway merger. | SECESSION FAVOURED i WESTERN AUSTRALIAN : MOVEMENT. PERTH, August :iy. j A. motion requesting the Western Australian Government to take a referendum on the question of the secession of the State from the Federation was passed in tho Legislative Assembly by 21 votes to 14. EVICTION RESENTED. UNEMPLOYED MOB DISPERSED. MELBOURNE, August 13. Baton charges by 30 policemen dispersed a crowd of about ](XJO unemployed, who assembled at a house in Fitzroy (a suburb of Melbourne) and threatened to cause troublo over the eviction of a family for the non-pay-ment of rent. The unemployed tore pickets from the fences, and wore about to attack a police sergeant and a bailiff when tho police cars arrived.