Australian News.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8155, 4 April 1906, Page 5

Australian News.

(By Eicctrie Telegraph—Copyright). (Per Press Association.) (Received April 4>, at 10.22 a.m.) SYDNEY. This day. A eablehas been received announcing tlie death in London of Lady Cooper, widow o£ Sir Daniel Cooper. Tjje value of the silvfcr, lead and ! zinc mined in New South Wales last year was £3,313,000. ADELAIDE, This day. Government lias purchased the Adelaide tramways for £*280,000. (Received April 2, at 10.32 a.m). ADELAIDE, This day George Brown, a notorious criminal, who recently figured in a sensational attack on a detective, has been sen- j tenced to imprisonment for life for shooting at a man - with intent to murder. MELBOURNE, This day. The Employers' Federation has received a reply from the New Zealand Federation to the statements of Mr Swinburne, Minister for Agriculture, in regard to the working of the Arbitration Act. The reply disagrees with Mr Swinburn's statement as to the Act working to a great advantage. It contends that more especially nn the South Island things are almost at breaking point, the unions .openly assailing employerts and threatening to ignore tiio Act altogether and return to old methods. The 1 reply declares it can-, not be said tfiat the Act made for better work or improved methods or fostered trade, but it increased the cost of production.