AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10768, 17 May 1911, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—CoriniuuT.] (Pish Press Association.) WORK AND .WAGES. Received May 17, at 0.30 a.m. Melbourne, Mij ]0 About 1000 implement workers have lesumed, and licailj , all will bo back liitlun a couple of nQets ' MAN MISSING. Received May 17, at 10 45 a m. '< ,' r,)r'<~T Maj - Scotland, secretary-.of the Sydney .men's JJnjpn, J lias been missing for nearly a (fortnight. 4 ' • ' DROP IN WHEAT Sydney, May 17. Owing to Rood rains in Russia wheat lias weakened a halfpenny to a penny. Shippers are offering 3s 4Jd, and milleis 3& 6d fogs in Australia S^"dnc\, May 17. Exception alh heavy fogs are enveloping the coast and seriously hampering shipping. „/ 'the BITTER PIT -, Melbourne, May ,17. The Minister of .Agrfcultme has asjsed tor an immediate test of tlic new theory regarding bitter pit THE MARKETS FOR MEAT. Received May 17, at 9.20 a.m Ma\ 17 Mr Kidman, tlic cattle king, has con-, 1 eluded a woilcl's torn He considers' ihat there is no immediate prospect of , American and European markets being | opened to Australian meat. • •■••• • MINISTER BREAKS DOWN. i, . - Melbourne, May 17. . ; Mr-O'Malley is suffering from nervous; breakdown. ; LAW ia'AtaEß AND LAW BREAKER. Melbourne, May 17. ...The .Ppstmaster r Qeneral .has ,b.qqn fined' for - fsilling to 'have his child vaccinated. .:,,..' ... J1 - i : ..''-'; -.'■.'■■■■■