AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14453, 20 August 1910, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. CHARGE OF BIGAMY. (Received August 19. 9 p.m.) Perth. August 19. John Ordy, an ox-New Zealaind engive* driver, has been sentenced to two years' hard labour, on a charge of bigamy. CIVIL SERVANTS' PENSIONS. (Received August 19, 9 p.m.) Sydney, August 19. There are at present 985 retired Civil servants receiving pensions, totalling £120,000. SHACKLETON'S EXPEDITION. (Received August 19, 9 p.m.) Sydney, August 19. Professor David is proceeding' to Eng« land to assist in connection with the Shackleton expedition records and the publication of the book relating to the expedition. LORD-MAYOR FOR ADELAIDE (Received August 19, 9 p.m.) Adelaide, August 19. The seventeenth anniversary of the in* corporation of the city was. celebrated by a banquet to-day. It is proposed to have the title of Mayor raised to Lord-Mayoiv YEAST INSTEAD OF BEER.

(Received August 19. 9 p.m.) August 19. The old Shamrock Brewery has been transformed into a pure compressed yeast factory, a new industry in Australia.

FEDERAL ARBITRATION BILL. (Received Aupust 19, 9 p.m.) Sydney, August 19. The third reading of the Arbitration Bill was carried in the Senate today, without material amendment. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS, (Received August 19, 11.50 p.m.) Sydney, August 19. The Legislative Assembly to-day put' .the finishing touches on the Railway Superannuation and the Clerical Workers Bills, and the Industrial Disputes Amendment Act, which extends t.he wages board? \ system, after accepting the Council's amendments. The Council passed th« Second Ballot Bill. (Received August 20, 12.45 a.m.) Sydney, August 19. The Parliamentary session has concluded, preparatory to the general elections. PRESS CABLE SUBSIDIES. Melbourne, August 19. The cable subsidy debate was con* tinned in the Federal House of Representatives last night, when an amendment that, steps be taken to complete the AllRed route, and substantially reduce the terminal charges in Australia, was defeated. The resolution was carried. ABOLITION OF THE STATES. Melbourne. August 19. In the Federal House of Represents* tives Mr. Bamford obtained leave to introduce a Bill providing for a referendum on amending the Constitution to reconstruct the . States by the eliniinati -n of the State boundaries, to abolish the State Governments, and substitute a uniform svslem of Government, throughout the Commonwealth, and to divide Australia into province's, each with a Parliament j consisting of one House, with sink powers I as are conferred by the ]• ederal Parliament. Although leave was granted, members briefly announced their intention to oppose the Bill later.