VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 57, 4 September 1909, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received September 4, 11 a.m.) ' THREATENED STRIKE AVERTED. MELBOURNE, This Day. The threatened strike in the printing trade has been averted, an amicable arrangement having been come to. The employers concede the demand of three pounds per week for casual compositors, and other compromises have been made on both sides. (Received September 4, 10.30 a.m.) A FATAL ACCIDENT. MELBOURNE, This Day. While a man named Atkins was examining the machinery at the Royal Show, his coat was caught in the belting, and he was whirled round and killed. WALLABIES' FOOTBALL TEAM. SYDNEY, 3rd September. Dix and M'lntyre, two country members of the Wallabies' football team, have been expelled from the union. The two remaining members remain to be dealt with. A CORRECTION. LONDON, 3rd September. Mr. Redmond's amendment to exclude Ireland from the operation of the licensing clauses of the Finance Bill was rejected by 260 votes to 62. [Yesterday's message gave the figures as "260 to 262."] DETONATORS IN COAL. LONDON,' 3rd September. Some detonators were discovered among the bunker coal on board the scout Forward at Portland. THE ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP. PARIS, 3rd September. The Zeppelin airship, after an uninterrupted flight of 22£ hoars, arrived at Friedrickshafen on the return journey from Berlin. ATLANTIC RECORD LOWERED. LONDON, 3rd September. Tho Lusitania reached New York in 4 days Hi hours, beating all Atlantic records. (Received September 4, 11.55 a.m.) AN EX-AUCPXANDER'S ESTATE. LONDON, -3rd September. The estate of the late Henry Isaacs, a formei- Mayor of Auckland, haa been.sworn for probate at -£22,596,