AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18466, 30 January 1922, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

PICNIC LAUNCH CAPSIZES. THREE MEN DROWNED: ■ 3 ‘ -■ f " . , Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright • MELBOURNE, January 28. A picnic* party of 19 persons were in a > motor launch on Lake Tyers, -when the engitie backfired. The women , became alarmed and crowded to the stem of the,- /. vessel, which capsized. Three men (Darrel Ray, Acting Deputy Com-’ .* misaioner of Taxation, Alex. Finlay, and John Burke) were drowned. r ' . , NEW STEAMER LAUNCHED; - , MELBOURNE, January ,'2B.' The new commonwealth line* 1 Euroa, of 3 6000 tons, has'been launched at the Wfl-.j ' liamstown yards. " ( ' SYDNBY’6 UNEMPLOYED. ■ "*' SITUATION GROWING SERIOUS. / , ’ SYDNEY, Jannary 28. The number of unemployed is steadily' / growing, and the position is resided m -■[ very.serious. Unless,a remedy is,quickly. \ found an industrial crisis'will have to be -; ’ fSed. Hie unemployed are clamouring/'', for action by the Government to relieve , -i the situation, but the latter’s hands are' - tied 4>y lack of funds. , -*;»/ ! THE BASIC WAGE; '* SYDNEY, January 28. The Government is opposed to the proposal that the Board of Trade should again review the basic wage, as it is not in favour of a further redaction at th«r:, present time, 4 WORKERS' UNION CONFERENCE ‘ , SYDNEY, January 28. ' The annual conference of the Australian ; Workers’ Union has opened. Delegates,, from all parts of the commonwealth andNew Zealand were present. • ; A SIGN OF THE TIMES. SYDNEY, January 28. For the first time in 30 years Mort’a. Dock Company failed to declare p div?-, , dend. This is attributed chiefly to the 44-hour week system causing a decreased. ' output at a higher cost of production. WATERLOO MINING COMPANY. ADELAIDE, January 28. : • The Waterloo Mining Company has cided that it is unable to accept the ■men’s proposals which were made with’a vievr/’vfi of preventing the mine closing ddwri* stat'-;';’ ■ ing that the offer was quite inadequate ,'., = to meet the present losses on production,’• but that the company is prepared to fur- , 1 thcr discuss the situation. •■lsTASMANIAN TIMBER MILLS. HOBART, January 28. Widespread distress prevails among the ...» timber workers owing to the closing down . > of numbers of mills. An offer which was made to the men to run the mills on a ■ co-operative basis was rejected. - *■