AUSTRALIAN.

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 May 1907, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[Pbess Association— Copsbigiit.] THE STRIKE. SYDNEY, May 20.—Mechanics and surface hands has joined the miners strike at Cobar. Efforts are being rnado to induce the Lithgow miners to strike, out of sympathy. WANT OF RAIN. SYDNEY, May 20.—Agriculture is retarded in many districts by the lack of rain, RICH TIN MINE. SYDNEY, May 20.—Tho Block tin mine profits for the half year were sixty-two thousand pound. INSTIGATING A STRIKE. PERTH, May 21.—1 n the Police court Holman, a member of the Assembly and two others were fined on a charge of instigating a strike in connection with the timber trade trouble A stay of proceedings was granted with a view to appeal. MUCH NEEDED RAIN. ADELAIDE, May 21. Much needed rain is falling in the Agricultural districts. AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY. ADELAIDE, May 21.—The Premier and leader of the Labour Party are disinclined to believe the statements attributed to Deakin in reference to labor.

THE LAND SCANDALS.

SYDNEY, May 20. —Mr Justice Owen has presented the final report of the land scandals commission. It disploses' no new features. The Commission consider that after the lurid

light that the Commission threw on the acts of certain land agents and the way that their applications were dealt with, no practical good would result from prolonging the Commission, which has lasted a little over two years.