AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright LABOUR FOR SUGAR PLANTATIONS. „'„,......„ Brisbane, May 29..: A representative deputation from sugargrowers -waited on Sir John Forrest yesterday and urged the Government to introduce suitable labour for the sugar plantations. The deputation agreed that the abolition of the bounty of £3 and the excise of £4 a ton, , with the retention 7 of the import duty; of '■ £56, would be better for the industry. \ ERRORS IN CABLEGRAMS. ! i Melbourne, May 29. '. Various complaints having been made an i to errors in press cables from England, an inquiry that has been made shows that the • Indian lines are chiefly to blame, and the Indian Government has been communicated I with on the subject. , >, ; J THE STRIKE IN WEST AUSTRALIA. > Perth, May 29. ; In connection with the dispute in the 5 timber trade an application has been made , to rescind tho injunction restricting certain • persons from dealing with tho fund raised 1 to assist the women and) children affected by : the strike. The application was ad- ] journed, but the Court released £300 for j the purposes of the fund. MADAME ALBAXJ. : Perth, May 29. f\ Madame Albani, who is to make a tour f of Australia, has arrived from England.;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13451, 30 May 1907, Page 5
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