AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 May 1930, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

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defence economies.MELBOURNE, May 7. It is understood that the defence economy proposals include the fer of the Naval College from Jervis Bav to Flinders Depot, at which a naval training will be It is estimated that over £50,000 pei annum will be saved. .

WIRELESS TELEPHONY. SYDNEY, May 6.

Amalgamated Wireless Ltd., state that the New Zealand Government has ordered the balance of the modulating equipment required to complete a radiophone source between New Zealand, Australia, and London. The material is now being manufactured here.

MEAT WORKS STRIKE. MELBOURNE, May 6.

Three hundred and fifty employees at the irfeat works of Angliss and Coy., at Footscray, are on strike for higher rates of pay for handling export carcase meat. The management will dose their large works indefinitely if the trouble is not settled in a few days.

OCEAN MYSTERY. SYDNEY, May 6. The Navigation Department at Sydney has received a message from the steamer Taranaki, which is off the Queensland coast, that the crew saw Hie lights of a small steamer proneeding west off Cape Cleveland last night, and suddenly the lights disappeared. A search was made, but nothing was • found. The sea at the time was moderate. The matter remains a mystery.