AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14810, 13 October 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

■ ' . . . .'•• ■ •* " • '• . • . 1 fly Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright - v ; ' ) TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY Melbourne, October 12. • The Federal House -of Representatives has • adopted the 4ft B£in gauge" for the |p®|||| trans-continental railway. Many : members . supported the sft 3in gauge. . TEE BAPTIST UNION. ■ ; , Adelaide, October 12. . The ' Baptist Union has passed I a resolution emphatically protesting „ against land asking the Government to: refuse permission for what were • characterised as , degrading and brutalising , boxing- contests. ■ Another. resolution strongly, condemned tha ; : No Temere Decree. - " RIFLE SHOOTING. „ • " " . Sydney, October 12, " The first stage of. the King's Prize was . won by Ticklo, of Sydney, with "a score of > 100. No New Zealander was prominent in the score. ' ■ " . . v ' ■ ' . f: LABOUR PARTY'S PROGRAMME. . Perth, October 12. - The Premier has announced that > the >•. Government, will do everything possible to assist agriculture, and outlined an extensive programme. . ' 15 <•" "■ | - ■ ' . ■ ■ • .. v ,: v, •• MR. BATCHELOR'S LAST ACT. Meleourxe, October 12-. The last official act of the late Mr. E. L. Batchelor was to -sign.a special; Gazette ; notice proclaiming neutrality in the .Turko- - Italian war. - ■ AN OPERATIC SUCCESS. ■■ Melbourne, October 12., ;. A splendid success was achieved on the - 'i first production of the opera ''La Tosca"in Melbourne last night. : . ,/ INCREASE IN RAILWAY REVENUE. Melbourne, October 12. - An abnormal increase in railway revenue continues in Victoria. * The, first three * months of the financial year returned' • £87,000 above last year's corresponding period. THE AUSTRALIAN CENSUS. Melbourne, October 12. ' ; • , The . Australian census ; figures . indicate that Victoria . will . lose and . Queensland . '■ gain one seat in the Federal House. . , MORE APPRENTICES ' NEEDED. ' " Sydney, October 12/ .. / ; At a meeting of the Chamber of Manufacturers alarm was expressed at the facta|pS||l that under wages boards' limitations no ' vX ; apprentices could be taken on in 'various trades for some years. A : committee was " appointed to deal with .the;matter.