AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17151, 3 May 1919, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DARING MAIL ROBBERY. VALUABLE ARTICLES TAKEN, j Australian and N Z. Cable Association. j (Rccd. 10.5 p.m.) SYDNEY. May 1. j Mail robberies have again been reI ported. A daring case occurred on the j south coast line. Two men by means of ! a false telephone message induced an official to hand over mail bags containing ] cheques and other valuables worth a con- ■ i sidcrablo amount. '

' I? SYDNEY CITY RATING. jj INCREASE DECIDED UPON. {« (Reed. 8.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 2. • The City Council has increased the i rating by three farthings in the £. < Analysis shows that in the past ten years, J while labour employed by the council ( increased by 33 per cent., the expenditure ij thereon increased by 156 per cent. , i < j INCREASED PAY FOR MINERS. , : PREVENTION OF STOPPAGES. , l . (Ram. 10.6 p.m.) . SYDNEY. May 2., I The increase in miners' wages granted ' under the new Federal agreement ! [ operates from Monday. The federation adopted a new agreement to prevent fur- I ther stoppages, under which all disputes will be referred to special committees. ! ! INCREASE IN COAL PRICES. V CONSUMERS PAY £1,000,000. 1 j SYDNEY, May 2. l Mr. W. A. Holman, State Premier, t states that the increases in the prices of 1 coal under Iho Commonwealth control will - invo've an additional payment of 1 £1,000,000 by New South Wa'es consumers, . and that the State Government instituted f its inquiry because of a threat by an arrangement between employers and employees that the public would be forced to | make these extra payments. Mr. W. A. Watt, Acting-Federal Prime Minister, announced that for the present P the coal-controlling reflations will be con-

fined to New South Wales. INFLUENZA RESTRICTIONS. CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION. SYDNEY. May 2. i The Government has appointed a committee to investigate and report upon claims for compensation owing to loss of . trade following the influenza restrictions, I PAPER CONTROL REPEALED. MELBOURNE, May 2. The Federal Government has repealed the regulations controlling the consumption of paper. WAR PENSIONS LIABILITY. MELBOURNE, May 2. The annual war pensions liability now amount* to £4,974,805.