AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15550, 6 March 1914, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FASHIONS CONDEMNED.

PKOTEST BY WOMEN,;'

By. Telegraph—

Melbourne, March 5. The Australasian Women's Conference yesterday decided that all members of the association should refrain from following the. prevailing fashion of indecorous attire. The mover made a warm condemnation of the prevailing fashions, and - said it was dreadful to sit in trams and trains with women who had lost all sense of decency and -modesty. She was surprised "that the Government had not taken-action before this "time. It was degrading to respectable women to see others wearing insufficient clothing to cover, the body..

Another speaker urged women to take action to prevent displays, of. indecency, which she described as shocking arid disgraceful.' '•; '- ' AUCKLAND LADY'S SUICIDE. (Received March 5, 9.30 p.m.) ■ - Sydney, March 5. A resident of Auckland, named Mrs. FloTa Kerr, who, with her son, had been staying • at Darlinghurst, hag died in the hospital from the effects of poison. • The deceased, whose husband is., a patient in. the Auckland Hospital, had been depressed for some months. She was found on Friday last in bed with a bottle of poison by; her side. She left a note:—" God alone knows the trouble I had to take care of my boy. He is worth it.'' APPROVED BY TEE CAUCUS. (Received March 5, 9.30 p.m.) Stdxet, March 5. The caucus of the Labour Party hafl agreed to all the Government's financial proposals, including increased railway fares. REGISTRATION GRANTED. (Received March 5, 8,5 p.m.) Sydney, March 5. An application has been granted by Mr. Justice Heydon in the case of the : Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association for registration as an industrial union under the Arbitration Act. The association's former registration was cancelled in 1912. ; COOLIE MURDERED. (Received March 5, 8.45 p.m.) Suva, March 5. A message from Ba, dated February 24, states that an Indian on that date with a cane knife badly slashed a coolie woman, who died a few hours later. The murderer has been arrested. ASSAULTED AND ROBBED. Sydney, March 5. A Maori, named Albert Papakura, son of Maggie Papakura, the New Zealand guide, was knocked down in the darkness in a street of Sydney last night. On rs-" covering consciousness he discovered that he had been robbed of £20, representing his race winnings. CARS DURING SERVICE. .-.. Sydney, March 5. As statistics showed that 40,000-persona-availed themselves of the recently afforded opportunity of travelling during church hours on Sunday night, the commissioners have ignored a protest by the Evangelical Council against the running of .the carsi; .