GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 56, 30 November 1923, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association.

Copyright.

British yachtsmen have challenged America for the British-America Cup races at New York next summer.

Leslie Taylor has been remanded at Melbourne for a week on charges of aiding and abetting Murray and Buckley in the murder of Mr. Merriman. at Glenferrie, and having harboured the two men.

The coal miners have again conferred with the owners respecting the use of the new air turbine machine at Pelaw Main, and agreed to submit their contentions to Mr. C. W. Oakes, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, for adjudication.

Impressed by the large amount of charitable and public work performed bv a similar association in Western Australia, a meeting of Albury residents, who profess to possess the necessary qualifications, decided' to form an “Univ Men’s Association.”

Peter Marfarlane has been acquitted at Sydney of the charge of the manslaughter of John Stuart Bamsay. Macfarlane was the driver of the motor in which Ramsay and other Parliamentary officials were seated when it collided with a milk lorry.

While Penleigh Boyd, a well-known artist, was motoring with LieutenantColonel Hurley. Deputy-Director of the Commonwealth Immigration Office, near Warragul, New South Wales, the car capsized. Mr. Boyd was killed and Colonel Hurley was severely injured.

Adelaide is threatened with a meat famine as a result of a strike of drivers of motors engaged in delivering meat from the abattoirs. The drivers are demanding an increase in wages from £4 15s. to £5 7s. a week. Mose of the butchers are closing owing to the lack of supplies. A few hare only sufficient to last to the end of the week.

The Premier of Victoria reiterated to n. deputation of city business men, representina the Riot Sufferers’ Defence league, that the Government accepted no responsibility .for damage to property caused during the recent riots, but in view of the representations made he promised to consider the question.

The Liauor Bill of the New South Wales Minister of Justice, Mr. J. Ley, will probably be dropped, as a meeting of Nationalists was unable, to agree on the date to hold the prohibition referendum. Until an agreement is reached the Bill will not be proceeded with. At the meeting a prohibitionist, Mr. Lane, was supported almost entirely bv non-prohibition members in an effort to force taking a referendum at or before the next elections.

As a protest against the fines imposed. upon them for leaving work at the Ivanhoe colliery, New South Wales, ten weeks ago, since when it has been idle, seventy miners marebjed four deep to Lithgow, declaring their intention of going to gaol rather than nav. About thirty relented, and paid tho (hies. The police told the balance to "o home until warrants were issued. The proceedings were quite orderly. The trouble arose over a dispute about hewing rates.

Tn connection with the motorists’ revolt against the police regulations in Svdnev. a crowded meeting of those protesting against the over zeal of the traffic police and thb alleged, obsolete regulations, carried resolutions emphatically rft-otesting against the harsh administration of the traffic regulations. and appointed a committee to make recommendations, to the authorities with a vfew to bringing the regulations up to modern requirements. Speakers admitted that while most of the traffic police were courteous, some had no ideas of their dutfes. A committee, of the Empire Producers’ Organisation inquired into the development of the Empire flax industry, and decided that something shov’d be done, in spite of the previous unfortunate experience caused by the abnormal conditions of the war period. Tho committee recommended the establishment of a flax factory in Britain. capable of dealing with crops from a thousand acres, and demonstrating modern machinery and . methods. Amongst other recommendations was that the Government should supply growers with solertod seed free.