GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12249, 22 September 1925, Page 11

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

QUEENSLAND SUGAR PRESS DELEGATES’ INSPECTION A HUGE INDUSTRY. Bj Assn Copyright BRISBANE, September 21. The Empire Press delegates spent the week-end in the sugar-growing districts round Rockhampton and Bundaberg. They were informed that approximately £160,000,000 was invested in the cane industry, and that the estimated profit for the present year was £12,000,000. MORE “JOB CONTROL” FOUR WOOL BALES PER SLING COMPANY INSISTS ON SIX. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. ADELAIDE,. September 21. A dispute has arisen between the Waterside Workers’ Union and the Adelaide Steam Ship Company over the number of bales to be placed in a sling. The union officials instructed the men that only four bales are to be placed in a sling. The company insists on six. The board of reference upheld the company’s claim, and the wharf labourers have refused to handle wool. It is expected that all the Gulf fleet will be held up. AFRAID OF EXTRA WORK Seamen have refused to sign on the Paringa, fearing that they would have towing work to do, and would run the risk of being imprisoned as were the crew of the' Quornn for refusing similar duty. The seamen demand the insertion of a clause in the articles pro. viding for extra pay in case of towing work. THE SUPREME INSULT PARIS “OLD-FASHIONED AND PRUDISH’’ FOR BANNING MIXED BATHING. Australian and N.Z Cable Association PARIS, September 20. A Parisian woman, Councillor Fiquet, who, apparently without hope, 'is fighting the strongest opposition to permitting mixed bathing, in the municipal baths, declared that Paris was old-fashioned and prudish. She linked the proposition with France’s declining births and marriages, and argued that mixed bathing would bring young people together, and was preferable to the scandalous underdressing seen in theatres. MR THOMAS HOWLED DOWN BY RAILWAY EXTREMISTS. A astral-ari —•* - c-v- Association. LONDON, September 20. Mr J. H. Thomas, M.P., attempted to address a meeting of the National Union of Railwaymen on the town moor, Newcastle, where thousands were present, but he was howled down by a section of extremists. The chairman was compelled to close the meeting.