ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 32, 1 November 1929, Page 12

ITEMS IN BRIEF

FROM FAR AND NEAR Kahika Dispute Settled. —A dispute with the crew of tlie Kahika regarding the wages on the voyage to Wellington was amicably settled (states a Press Association telegram from Gisborne). Hie vessel left in tow of the Terawhiti at 8 o’clock on Wednesday night. Date of Victorian Elections.— Polling day for the Victorian elections has been fixed for November 30.—Press Assn. New Fruit Exchange in London.—A British official wireless message says that a new fruit exchange was opened in Spitalfields, London, on Wednesday, by the Lord Mayor. Its erection has cost £300.000. Living Wage in New South Wales. — In less than fifteen minutes the New South Wales Legislative Assembly passed a Bill to suspend the powers of the Industrial Commission to declare a living wage for adult male and female employees until Parliament makes further provision in that behalf. The Bill was taken through all stages without opposition.— Press Assn. Suspected Murder.—What appears to have been a case of murder has been reported to tlie Sydney police, says a Press Association message. In a suitcase handed to the matron of the Central Methodist Mission was found the body of a newly-born female infant. A silk cord had been knotted round its neck. Death was due to suffocation. Fire in Fellinongery Depot.—A fire at tlie fellniongery depot ol Anglis’s Imperial Freezing Works at Footscray, Melbourne, caused damage estimated at £lOO.OOO. The wool scouring department was gutted, and the firemen concentrated saving the other stores. —Press Assn.