AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10767, 16 May 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Pep. Press Association.) THE COAL CORNER. Rff-eived May hi. at K'.'i'i a.m. Sydney. May 5. In the Vend ca.-e Mr Line, formerly a member of the i-jcort. Feil Company, declared that in the latter half of 1906 the firm lost £41,000 owing to its inability to obtain Vend coal. R ECALCIT R ANT STl' DENTS. Sydney, May 15. The Committee of the University Undergraduates' Association will be called before the Professorial Board in connection with the songs sung at the students' festival on Saturday. MEMBERS SUFFICIENTLY- PAID. Sydney, May 15. The referendum on the question of whether the salaries qf members of the Assembly should be raised from £2OO to £3OO per annum was defeated by a majority of more than two to one. IRISH BLIGHT. Sydney, May 15. The quarantine of the country districts in connection with the Irish blight is being withdrawn. SMALLPOX IN AUSTRALIA. Adelaide, May 15. The steamer Naming-arrived from London, via Capetown. Ono of the stewards is suffering from smallpox. Received May 16, at 10.10 a.m. Adelaide, May 16. * The Narrung's patient is convalescent. There are indications that he contracted smallpox in London.

SHEARERS' WAGES IN AUSTRALIA.

R. r.-fVed Jfav 10, at 9.40 a.m. Sydney, Mav 16. 'An application before the Arbitration Court lor an award to apply to the shearing industrv is disclosed. ihe consider that the previous sward lixed 'too high" wages:, and seelc a re-I notion. They "also resist tho inclusion of .station Ijauds in the award. By consent the ease ■ has been adjourned pending 'a conference between pastoralisls and shearers.

CONGESTED LAW. ' ' Sydney, May 16. At the annual meeting of the Bar of New. South Wales a resolution was carried drawing attention to the growing eoimestion of business in the Supreme Court, and urging the pressing need of relief.

HUMANE LEGISLATION. » Sydney, May 16. According to the president of the State Children's' Relief Board, juvenile delinquency is rapidly decreasing as a result of humane methods which have mado ixissiblo the passing of the Neglected Children and tho Juvenile Offenders Arts.

WIRELESS FOR FIJI. Melbourne, May 10.

The Government of Fiji advises that a wireless service is now open throughout Suva. The charge of sending wiseless messages to vessels arriving at or departing from Suva is lOd a word additional to the usual charges to Suva.

WHAT A STRIKE COST. Melbourne, May 16,

Work in the agricultural implement trade generally has been resumed today. It is estimated that the men lost £53,000 in wages during the strike.