AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 147687, 5 September 1911, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyrigfcl^ FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. (Eeceived September 5, 12.45 a~m.) , Melbourne, September 4. ;* The Federal Parliament opens The Cabinet has considered the Estimates, and agreed that a careful pruning of expenditure is necessary, and that there sfra.lT be no new taxation this session.

. NEWCASTLE MINERS. (Received September ; 5, : 1 a.m.)

« . , Sydney, September 4.. There are 1200 miners idle in New* castle, caused by the stoppage of work in" the Wallsend, Hetton, Vimington and ' Shortland pits owing to the claims of the men for extra rates of pay and other causes. At the Sea Pit the wheelers have! \ also given notice demanding an increase j 'in . wages. ''■■■■' ' MELBOURNE SHOW. • (Eeceived September 5,12.45 a.m.) . : Melbourne, September 4. The Royal Agricultural Show opened to* - j day. The entries in all sections are large ■: and the quality excellent. ' ■ -• . -v s wmi -C-; v— . , .c SUDDEN . , DEATH. : : . (Eeceived, September 4, 10 p.m.) .' - j ; Sydney, September 4. . 1 The death occurred to-day of Captain ;r * Lindeman, Government shipping • master, who ! dropped "dead in the .Public > Works Office while arranging matters in connection with his retirement, which had . just . been announced. • ? Heart trouble was thp cause. f ' WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE, ;; (Received September 4, 10 p.m.) v, Sydney, September 4. ? Further wreckage, supposed ' to , belong to the Laura, has been found at .CronnUa*, -- 'It';' includes a lifebuoy, (but' bearing no" name. •, . 1 . • , * " ; OLER»7MAN DROWNEp. :Hobabt, September 4. > The Rev. Mr. Lester, a Methodist minis* ter, was drowned while bathing at Hobar# on Saturday. , THE - SMALLPOX CASE. . " 4 Sydney, September 4. , t * The Dutch liner Van Lischoten's small® pox case is a bad type. The passengers . landed at Brisbane are being traced and vaccinated. \" PRICE OF - SUGAR. . : . • • ; •- ■ r -£ • Melbourne, September 4. . « ■ Mr. W. M. Hughes {Federal AttorneyGeneral) is having a full inquiry made into the whole question of the control of the" ; sugar industry. He says that while New ; Zealand is able to . obtain sugar at £7 a ton cheaper than Australia it is no use the Sugar Company talking about prices being raised in sympathy with the world's; market. v THE LITHGOW STRIKE. - Sydney, September 4. All the . engine-drivers except one ara now out at the Lithgow works. Mr. : Hoskins, the proprietor of the works, ex* pects to replace them to-day. Strike pay, was distributed on Saturday. The speeches delivered at the meetings, while urging the observance of order, showed a strong determination to fight : to a finish. . Mr, Hoskins. is equally determined. NEW SOUTH WALES CRISIS. Sydney, September 4. Mr. Miller, member for Bathurst, has agreed to pair with Mr. Meehan until he is able to attend the House. Writs charging the Speaker . and . Sergeant-at- • Arms with wrongfully ejecting Messrs. . Parry, Fitzpatrick, and Wood will bat issued to-day. Mr. Wade accused Mr* Willis of selling his party, suppressing from the journals of the House a material factor^ and acting arbitrarily, irrespective of thtf Standing Orders. . , 1.(Received September 5, 12.45 a.m.) Sydney, September 4. The firet writ as the outcome of tha Speakership trouble was issued to-day on :• behalf of Mr. Perry, who claims £1000 damages for alleged assault against the Speaker and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Stato . Assembly. The action is the result of the Speaker's action in ordering the Sergeant-.. at-Arms to bring Mr. Perry back to the House after, he had left without, making obeisance to the chair. ~£i