AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14845, 23 November 1911, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telceranh.—'Press Association.— UNIONISTS' PRINCIPLES. (Beceived November 23, 12.30 a.m.) . Sydney, November 22. The Litbgow Trades Hall Council ha» decided to remove the iron ties from the roof of the Trades Hall, because it has been discovered that they were manufac* tured .by non-unionists. The dismantling process will cost £20. ARBITRATION AMENDMENT. Melbourne, November 22. The House of Representatives has" adopted the Senate's amendments to tba Arbitration Bill giving the Court power to take action if a dispute'should arise 1 outside the scope- of any agreement be* 'tween the parties. LABOUR BUYS A PAPER. Hobart> November 22. . The Hobart Labour paper has absorbed ir the Tasmanian Evening News, after 23 > years' independent publication. I * SEAMEN AND STEWARD. Perth, November 22. \ The trouble on the steamer Koomban* s; continues, and the men decline all over. fc tares unless the chief steward is re* * moved. ■ - __ ' ; j' .' : \ :■>•,•.:■■■: •:■• •. ■ .^^-i;'^-;^, 0 VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. '' Melbourne, November 22. & , The Victorian State Parliament ' will - be opened by commission on December 5. a MEAGHER LOSES HIS ACTION. ? Sydney, November • 22. . In the Meagher v. Onslow slander case n a verdict for the defendant was returned. s -——— V 810 LABOUR FEDERATION. ji Sydney, November ' 22. d A federation of labourers' unions, repw* ''■A senting 25,000 ' members,, throughout tb* Commonwealth, has been formed. Pw^ , licians are rigidly excluded from holding I office in the federation, i. '■■ ■' ■ '■ '■ ■•'■:"-''^^-'.'^'^-'il^