AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14525, 12 November 1910, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph— Association .--Copyright* .7,3 FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. £§ (Received November 11;"' 11' p.m.) • Melbourne, November 11. * In the Senate the Federal Territory Bill ? r,| passed all stages, Oppositionists protests ing feebly. In the House of Represented . '% tives Mr. Hughes moved the second read- . ing of the Anti-trust Act Amendment Bill designed to remove; the necessity of provi ing intent to restrain trade.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST. (Received November 11, 11. p.m.) . / J\ Adelaide, November 11. , The Adelaide Advertiser forecasts the wheat yield at 22,963,194 bushels, an average of 11 bushels 341b. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. l< (Received November 12, 1.10 a.m.) Sydney, November 11. ■•' .;- The Premier states that he expects that the coming session will last five weeks, - As little legislation as possible apart from* • •/] the financial question will be dealt with.! • RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Received November 12, 12-30 a.m.) Sydney, November 11. ; K , Fairly general rains have greatly im-e proved tho harvest prospect© in many dis- . tricts. RAFFIAS AT CHURCH BAZAARS, (Received November 12, 1 a.m.) Sydney, November 11. ■; Mr Holman {State Attorney-General)! •) has drafted a minute drawing attention to breaches of the law regarding raffles' . '■'' v at church bazaars. TRAMWAYMEN'S GRIEVANCES. (Received November 12, 12.20 a.m.) Sydney, November 1L 'S A deputation of tramway employees today asked Mr. McGowen, the Premier, to abolish the eyesight test and substitute a' : ;viii practical test. It was stated that many : failed in the colour test through ignorance- ' < and not through colour-blindness. The men also asked that the Appeal Board Act* be amended to provide for an independent;chairman and a tramway , representative on the Board, that all cars be provided with covered-in fronts, and that employees, be paid when absent through sickness. Mr. McGowen was sympathetic, but poin-. ted out that these were matters of. administration. He promised to refer tho/j - , r to the Commissioner. WAGES OF SHIP OFFICERS.Sydney, November lX " In the Merchant Service Guild ease, Captain Watson, secretary .- of the .New•:' ~'\ Zealand Guild, further examined, favoured a system of payment by : seniority. There, was a dearth of officers in Australia...- The' i-j; ! of* Union Company a. few months ago. was short of officers. The calling; did not. attract men, who would not stay in it "when the wages were not good enough.-.- Something should be done to prevent ; the. intimidation of masters by shipowners. • - (Received November 11, 11 p.m.)- "' Sydney, November .112 The claims of : the Merchant Service Guild were ; further investigated in "the Arbitration Court to-day. • . Thure had been a suggestion regarding the ' parties j coming to terms, and the judge asked, to -W'Si-k have the suggestions put in writing,' l and ;| he would then meet both sides. Evidence \ as to the cost of riving showed that rents S were enormously cheaper in England thanin Australia. -..-,.:.' <•{-. BIBLE IN STATE SCHOOLS. . Brisbane, November 11. The Legislative Council, after an all-' . r night sitting, and with the assistance:of* : the guillotine, passed the Bible in State i Schools Bill through "'committee. > THE BULLFINCHFIELD. Pebth, November IJL i ■ Fresh gold finds are reported almpst "' daily from the Bullfinch fj.eld,. Brit - the j value of the majority of the?alleged -flis-l coveries is still to be tested. In the Lcgis-j :: lative Assembly the Minister for Works.' ' has prepared the way to -introduce a Southern Cross to Bullfinch "Railway BilL "2

WATERSIDE | WOEKESS. '■'"_ Sydney, November 11. - The decision of the Wharf Labourers** Union not to admit ; more members to their ranks till March, on. the fgjcoqndt that too many are already competing "for work, is - causing concern 'in shipping circles. ■-.-.. /■., ,i;,;S,: : ;

VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE; Melbourne, November 11. :• : j;'f3 In the Senate to-day Senator Findlay S(Honorary Minister), in reply .to ques- ;:; v.. tions, stated that the Government was pressing upon the Canadian Government ;'" the necessity for the Vancouver • maii steamers continuing to call at Brisbane..

ENCOURAGING IMMIGRATION. Melbourne, November 11. -- As a result of the McKeozie-Mead mis* sion to England, nearly 3000 settlers arec expected before May next. '[ Sydney, November 1L A deputation of the British Immigration League urged Mr. McGowen to take action to encourage immigration. The Premier, without committing himself, declared no one was more anxious to settle the people in the interior of the State than the Government. ■ ~

SUBMARINE DISTURBANCE. Sidney, November 11. [ The officer in charge of the Obsisrvatory - reports that Wednesday's earth tremors ': lasted from seven minutes 'past four till ■ v ; ; eight o'clock. The tremors were very,-,3i numerous. The principal portion of the - disturbance commenced at 4.14, and for four minutes the pendulum was swinging quite beyond the limits of the sensitised paper After the lapse of a few minutes more large waves, up to six and a-hal£ ;;■:•.. millimetres amplitude were recorded. The epicentrum was probably within 2000 ,;. miles of Sydney, and the disturbance was y undoubtedly a great ■ submarine one. Early on Wednesday morning a small but ; .;; pronounced 'quake was recorded. The -—- Adelaide Observatory reports a similar •quake, by far the largest ever recorded there.

VISIT OF THE WARSHIPS. >C Melbourne, November 10. '" The warships Powerful, Encounter, and Cambrian have sailed for New Zealand. The flagship will visit Milford Sound, ; ; Wellington, Nelson,,. Lyttelton, Napier, - and Auckland.. . .'-. MR. C. LOUISSON RETURNING, , Fremantxe, November 10, - Mr. Charles Louisson,- one ■of the -'/■ members of the Now Zealand Parliament, :;'.,;• is a passenger by the Mongolia, ftoia, Europe.-' _--.''