AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15886, 6 April 1915, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DECLINING REVENUE.

PERTH RAILWAYS AM) HARBOUR.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

Perth", April 5. The loss of revenue from the railways and harbour during the rear amounted to £148,000.

AMBULANCE FOR FRONT.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' FUND.

(Received April 5, 11.30 p.m.)

Brisbane. April 5.

The annual conference of the Australasian Commercial Travellers' Association has guaranteed each affiliated association to contribute £400 to the association's war motor ambulance fund, so as to secure Sir Edwin Smith's offer of £fOO for every State association raising £400.

LABOUR CONFERENCE.

NEW PARTY PLANKS.

(Received April 6, 11.30 p.m.)

Melbourne, April S.

The annual conference of the Political Labour Council has adopted resolutions in favour of not contributing the unemployment insurance premium and recommending it to be charged upon the industry; of compulsory school attendance for all children until the age of 16; and of & new platform plank providing for the regulation prices of foodstuffs at any time.

TIMBER MILLS CLOSES.

THOUSAND MEN OUT OF WORK, Perth, April 5. Owing to a shortage of orders five timber mills, belonging to the Millar Timber Trading Company have closed down, and a thousand men have been thrown out of work HELP FOR THE BELGIANS. AN AUSTRALIAN SPORTSMAN'S DONATION. Stdkey, April 5. Mr. J. Wren, the well-known horse owner, celebrated the coincidence of his 43rd birthday and his win in the Doncaster Cup by donating the 'winnings, amounting to £2125, to the Belgian Fund. S.S. MORE A AT SYDNEY. Stdxey, April 5. The P. and 0. Company's Morea, which had smallpox on board when she arrived at Perth, has reached Sydney. No further cases of the disease have broken out. A RECORD JUMP. (Received April 5, 11 p.m.) SrD.vET, April 5. At the Sydney Royal Show Mrs. Stace on Emu Plains, and Miss Smith on Bandolier, cleared 6ft 6in, a world's record for a ladies' high jump.