AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15143, 6 November 1912, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

—: . * I . . . - ';■[' By Telfjraph.—Prcsi A»«octatlon.-Cop#gffifc-% • ' cie&yjiM . . ->o; SHORTAGE OP MONEY. Sydket, November l >. yX Owing to the shortage of .money,; |he ! Railway Commissioner lias been instfjafitifcd $ to rearrange the Estimates, and to.:rednct> them by over a million. It is not deetaed;* that this .will interfere with the. - railway.?! works proper, but' many . proposed„ improvements and additions* will b? skewed," { (Received November 5, aSO 1 p/nT/I '*f•' ■ SrDN'EY, Novembur;& . The Government's predicament; 5 aSf'thlK--result of the short-ago of money' bts?<pro* * duced further wholesale dismissals.;- of ■■J workers. Some 500 employees of thfc WlktfcJ Board have been dismissed. The Board, which expended £80,000 during, the pMtJ| four months, has been informed;- t£at'"£75, only will be available for' the nextj eight month;?. ' It is possible that anotbft* 500 dismissals 'may' be necessary.* "-Thr Board's employees at present, total'2oos. _' COLONIAL MUTUAL ' LIFE. Sool|2T^ .. . Melbourne, November-,§.'. ,/-C 'The Governor'has appointed Mr; LM£b< s ton, the Government Statist, ' afifi Brennan, of the Railway inspectors to inquire into the fiiiißßßS position of the Colonial Mutual Life 'ApN;'^ ance Society. - "• ■'« ■■■^20 FLOGGINGS REMITTED. " • Melbourne, November. 5 The Governor, on 'the advice -thd Attorney-General, has remitted that p*ri> of the sentence that provides\"for • thff flogging of "Ginger"' Modi#:. v ' ; and McDonald. ■ , • • •.v v ' DEMAND FOR s EIGHT-HOUR !>&*< Sydney, November 5During the Eight Hours' tion at Newcastle yesterday, aftor etfong speeches,, intermingled with cries of''Turn them out," a resolution was adopted condemning the Government for not introducing an Eight-hour Bill. , Mr. ~(ifi#bX (Minister for Labour) defended rthtj- government, and announced that the' Bill would be introduced at the earliest -possible opportunity. Mr. Peter Bowling, .in referring to the troublo at the Southern collieries over the discharge -A man from one of the companies, declared- thai# the Government would have to reinstate him or the unions would, no mati^t. wji.aft the cost. • - i WELCOME RAINFALLS; '■ ; J. Stbkw, November",. s»v ' Rain has fallen in the wheat -artiis oft J | the Riverina and saved many crop? fronif. j comparative failure. v ,■.. • r; V t Melbourne, November 5. )|| | Good rains have greatly improved . th« ,|| 'crop prospects. :; -, - a| 4 STEAMER .. WRECKED.;-''." ' 1 Brisbane, November •5. , >$j| The Papuan Government 1 'Itetfttwf»;:p:! Merrie England baa grounded ]f| outside of Port Moresby, and,' weather following, broke her ■ up. . crew has landed safely. • . • •• . : - >