AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2974, 11 January 1917, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

EFFECT OF "GO-SLOW" POLICY BrTeleeranli-iPress Aesociation-Oopyrieiit Sydney, January 10.. . The Chief Commissioner of Railways, addressing the men, said that between 1908 and 1915 the "go slow" policy had reduced production by 15 per cent. GRKMRSHIP OF FILMS. Melbourne, January 10. Tho Federal Government will probably accept the Premiers' Conference recommendation to undertake the censorship of falms. HANDLING THE WHEAT CROP. CONTBACTOBS': BATE. , .Melbourne, January. 10. The contractors' rate, for handling and shipping the new wheat crop has been determined at 3}d. per bushel, subject to a reduction of Jα. on wheat shipped by August 31, provided 50 per cent, is shipped by that date. HEAT WAVE IN N.S.W. Sydney, January 10. A heat wave is causing disastrous hush iires. Thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed in the Trundle, Forbes, and Berrigan districts'. TRACEDY AT LITHCOW. ATTEMPTED MURDER !AND SUICIDE. Sydney, January 10. A quarryman named George Howe, residing at Lithgow, attacked Tiis wife .■with a tomahawk, and attempted to cut his own throat. Finally he committed suicide with a shotgun. Tho wife is in hospital in a serious condition. THREE MEN DROWNED. Sydney, January 10. Two brothers naincd Stoddart and a companion named Thomaß ivere accidentally drowned in the Wooli Creek, at Arnclifie. ARBITRATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Rcc. January 10, 8.10 p.m.) Sydney, January 10. An official-report shows that arbitration in New South Wales in 1910 cost £48,798. There were 310 industrial dislocations, in which were involved 136 (?) workers, who lost 1,102,500 working days. ■ The Government Labour Agencies' report 'shows that they placed 17,158 persons during "the year at a. cost of lls. 7d. each.