AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15048, 18 July 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Telegraph.— Astociatioa.—OopyrighH : i — ; ■ > A PEARLING BOAT TRAGEDY.',, (Received July 18, 1.15 a.m.") ' , Atf v Praipr, July 17. v:;: V A Malay ran amok on the pearling- fedaifc - Carnarvon, and shot a man named Hilixw' * dini, who died. He also wounded ,; a police-. ; man and another, : man. - .The Malay ; s® eventually shot, dead. * illls . HEIGHT .OP- BUILDINGS. . ' .': Sidney, 1 July lt|ff|§l The City. Council has decided to limit ' '< the height of buildings in Sydney to 150 ft. > . : ; : ' ♦, ! ; LABOUR3SRS BEMA3D HIGHER . : " WAG^S. ; SxD?fKV, July 17. . ( The labourers' unions throughout the Commonwealth are demanding.an increase . in. 'wages. TBS NAVAL , COLLEGE. ■. ;• '}f SmvßT, July 17. 1 j . Hie trustees ofe the Dreadnought fund have paid over £40,000: towards the navalcollege. ' , ■-. —' • A NATIONAL ART SOCIETY. ' , ■ Sydxey, July 17. A Echome is on foot to form a national. • art society to hold annual exhibitions. ' "'>£ li : | VISIT OP ENGLISH BOWERS. -. . Melbourne, July 17. ' ; The ; Victorian Rowing Association.' nil opened negotiations with a view to am 1 English eight-oar crew visiting Australia, v; :: PROPOSED '■ NICKEL COINAGE. y • Melboi-bne, July -17;< J I' Mr. Fisher , states that the >'& wealth Government favours nickel in. pla<ie , "/*■ of copper coinage. ' • -• ~~~~ , >■ 4 DISCONTENT IN POLICE FORCE. Melboxtbne, July 17.' ", '• There is much discontent at the condiI tions in the police force, and wholesale re*; signations have taken place.

AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS RIGHTS. -' > Mecboubke,, July 17. , "'■ The Postmaster-General 'is considering .*\ an offer to purchase - the Australian rights of the Marconi and Telefuiiken wireless < I ;rs patents for about £50,000, and thus settle " ; the litigation. < RICH GOLD FINDS. ,' J . , IvALGOOULIE, JIJy t ,17., J A. total of 410oz Of, gold ;was dbtainud;, from the abandoned shaft; at Ktumlpi. < Ono ■ slug weighed- S3ooz. ■' ■ i#£i> : :; 1 TOOoz was unearthed from another 1 cbß»;'. : Ulj in the same vicinity. . ' NO-CONfIDENCE MOTION. ' J Y 1 { . > Melbourne, July Vf. Mr- Elmslie moved an '""V the Address-in-Reply last night, cliallaag- 1 $ ing the Government over the importation , \; of German goods and wasteful expenditure ' '■ 1 on locomotives. The Premier has accepted \- this as ; a want of confidence motion, and : tho House adjourned. . : : 'r

FARMERS AND POLITICS. Sydxey, Jilly 17..' "' [a The Farmers" Conference, has adopted a system of registration of members .who': . ;,i will toko the place, of unionists (who may , strike) in handling produce. A visiting rfji Victorian delegate urged that it. the as-'. , sociation was going to do any good it • J must be political. Tlio New Zealand' Farmers' Union started as. a non political i ' body, but soon found it bad to be political ; -;; to bo of any . use. ' , £ "I \ ' - LARGE MEAT WORKS. • " " Brisbane, July 17, Work lias been commenced on the erection ; of extensive up-to-d!U<q meat freezing and , conning works- on Brisbane River, ; near ; the oily, estimated to cost £550,000. ■ A representative of the undertaking . that the company is^paitly ; British auldv/^j® partly American, and' ai 1 / that: it is a branch t ; t Trust: j with 1 tHio . object •. of .asaiaHftg '