GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

(Press Association.—Copyright.) j SELF-APPRECIATION. | (Received 8.'5 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Holman has taken the initial steps in the Assembly to introduce a Bill increasing members' salaries to £SOO. STATE COAL MINE BILL. (Rec. 10:45 a.m.)") SYDNEY, This Day. The Assembly read the State Coal Mine Bill a second time by 34 to 22. SYDNEY'S POPULATION. (Rec. 10.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The population .of the Metropolitan area at the end of last year \va6 651,800. an increase of 20,200 durrne the year. The birth rate was the highest ever recorded. SUBMARINE RAISED. (Received March 12. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 11. • The sunken sub-marine A3 has been raised, and is being towed into Portsmouth. HOME RULE BILL. (Rec. March 12. 12.30 p.m.) "LONDON. March 11. The Premier states, that the Home Rule Bill will be introduced the first thing after Easter. TROTXTCLE IN BJRAZIL. (Received 12.30 p.rn.) RIO JANEIRO, - l a conflict between Federal troops and a political fmeeting at Maceio, tfhe State Secretary for the Interior was killed ,and several were -wounded. SYDNEY CUSTOMS REVENUE. (Received 10.50 a.m) SYDNEY, This Day. The revenue collected .at- the port Svdnev last year was £373,700, an increase of nearly £47,000. A BARMAID FINED. PALM ERST ON N., Ma.rch 11. An unusual case was heard 'before Mr. A. D. Thomson. S.M., yesterday, when on the information of the Inspector of Awards (Mr. W. J. Culver) Miss Kearney, a barmaid, was charged with failing within seven days after commencement of the operation of the award, to 'become a member of the Wellington Amalgamated Society of Cooks and Waiters' Industrial Union of Workers. Mr. Culver said the defendant .refused to join the Union, and had since left the district. A fine of jo2 was imposed.