AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14933, 5 March 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Tel*«t»Eh.— Prea Asioeietton.—Otyyriffcfc ■'. '■'"V '''." ■'' ~-.,■ .* ■■ ~ .:\I? '. . '~; v ''. ',/ 'f-'P'^i ' MB. SPEAKER WILLIS. ,' (Received March 5. 12.30 a.m.) Sydney, March 4. , In the State Assembly. Mr. Wood, '. Op» . position member for Bega, moved a motion . dissenting from the action of Mr. Speaker Willis in ordering the removal of Mr. Cochran (Labour) during the scenes, in * the House last week. , , ! r !!

The motion was defeated. The vote ; was a party one, except that v, Messrs. Cochran, Peters, and another Labour member, who was removed on the occasion v referred to, supported the motion. SYDNEY HOTELS OVERTAXED. : StdneTj March, 4. . For a long time the first-class hotel -and boardinghouse accommodation in Sydney has been overcrowded, and visitors find : great difficulty in securing quarters Tin- ■; less they book forward in good time. A 'scheme is afoot to build another big hotel on American lines to relievo the pressure. HAND-WORKER GAINS, , CLERK -.SUFFERS. . '.'..-.; . Perth, March 4. The West, Australian Government ) i»' : ]% rigidly retrenching in the Civil Service, in order to make up a portion of the increased expenditure incurred owing to advances granted to railway and other workers. ■ - , BAINS IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, " March 4. ; -: Much needed and splendid rains are falling in : Queensland to-day. THE NEW , BISHOP Off NELSON. . ." . Melbourne, March 4- ' Canon Sadlierj the newly-appointed f~ Bishop of Nelson, will delay his departure from Melbourne for a couple of months.