AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18116, 14 June 1922, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

N..S.W. LABOUR CONFERENCE. WIN FOR WORKERS' -UNION. A; and N.Z. SYDNEY. June 13. The Australian Workers' Union gainec 25 out of 30 seats on the incoming execu tive ui; the New South Wales Conierenc* of the Australian Labour Party. A mo tion of censure against the Parliamentary Party and the last executive was movec ' by a delegate of the Storemen's Union fo: agreeing with the Labour Government ii repudiating the claims made-by the unioi for members employed by the Harbou: Trust. The motion was defeated by 5) votes to 45. TEADE WITH GERMANY. SYDNEY. June 13 The New South Wales Council of th } Returned Soldiers' League adopted a reso Intion that the council views with alara the proposed importation of German good ' which are likely to compete with Am s traliaju goods. : WHEAT POOL TO END. ' PERTH. June 13 Tbe Western Australian Governmen has decided not to continue the Stat wheat pool after disposing of the presen season's yield. ItASIO WAGE AEGUMENT. SYDNEY. June li Argument before the Full Court as t the validity of the Board of Trade' r recent basic wage declaration has coe i eluded Judgment was reserved. —— • t 5 CHEAPER NEWSPAPERS. SYDNEY. Jun© 11 Tbi© Sun and Evening News newspaper 9 are reducing their price to one penn , from Judy 1. - EADJWAY SUBSIDY CONDEMNED SYDNEY, June li © The Minister for Railways, Sir Thorns t> Henley, referring to the Railway Con - missioners' statement to the effect ths r there would be no reduction in railwa a fares, and freights unless railways wei subsidised, expressed hostility to subsidh as a. bad precedent. They would als prevent economy being achieved if th railways were not compelled to I ' financed out of revenue. LOWER TRAMWAY FAEES. , . SYDNEY. June 1 !. It is understood that tramway far< :. are likely to be reduced in August in coi •' sequence of the longer week and tl reduction in the basic wage. The Sydnt tramways are already financiaTy soun< n but are handicapped by lending a bar a to non-paying lines in Newcastle ar, Broken Hill. ■