AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13030, 22 November 1905, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Association.Copyright. pjiM MR. CRICK COMMITTED FOR TRIAL, . (Received November 22, "1.8 a.m.) •«<£. Syuxky, November 21. r Ma. Chick, who is charged with accepting , bribes when Minister for Lands, was com-' ' milled for trial to-day. CLOSURE IN THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. (Received November 22, 1.8 a.m.) ' f, Melbouunk, November '21. The debate on the closure quc&tion is The debate oil the closure question is i i proceeding in the Federal House of Repre* o wmtatives. .•.,, /. r ■ ' ' '' .* 'Ksß . PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS. l||fj|g (Received November 22,-1. a.m.) Sxhsky, November 21. The wharf labourers' trouble apparently is fizzling. In the Arbitration Court to-day, »; the judge incidentally referred to the matter. • He said it was an implied condition of the preference clause that unionists should be prepared to work. Clearly, men with preference who refused to work to-day, when they turned to work to-morrow, could nob claim -preference. .' J§ PRESENTATION TO LORD JERSEY. Sydney, November 21. Lord Jersey has been. presented with a» " address arid a silver casket by the State Parliament, in appreciation of his services to New South Wales. : RETIREMENT OF A CRICKETER. . Sydney, November 21. » Kelly, the wicket-keeper of the Austra-X .j lian team, lias iml from first-class -Ji cricket,' on the score of ill-health. j''