AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16216, 29 April 1916, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CROPS, LAST SEASON'S GRAIN YIELD. (Received April 28. 11.45 p.m.) Adelaide, April 28. Ax official re; -ft states that last sdp.i son's wheat yiel! was 54,154,504 bushels, an average of 12.44. The yield of oats' was 2,134,374 bushels, an average of 16.G7.,

BROKEN HILL MTNEPS' AWARD, CONDITIONAL 44-HJUR WEEK. (Received April 28. 11.15 p.m.) .Melbourne, April 28Mr. Justice Higgins, ia his "ward irt the Broken Hill miners' case against tie Proprietary Company, granted a 44-houi* week, conditional on the men producing as much as in 48 hours. Ths award provides for certain increases in wages, and) fixes a minimum wage.

00NFUSI0N OF NAMES. THE TWO WELLINGTONS. Sidney, April 23. At the conference of toe Associated Chambers of Commerce, the Wellington: delegate both protested against tta "blunders" of the Post Office in forgo- ■ ing Wellington letters to New Zealand. He added: -Wellington. New South Wales, was Wellington before Wellington, New Zealand, was born. If J chamber could get it into the heads of • the Post Oftue officials to send all letter* J to the local Wellington first a great &* < of money and time would be saved. The New South Wales Wellington is j Q small town 63 niles from Bat-hurst, on IM ... Macquarie River.