AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18625, 5 August 1922, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

•PEOTECTION OF INDUSTRIES LEGISLATION. Aaeodatkm—By Telegraph—Copyright * • L ' MELBOURNE, August 4. In the House of Representatives, Mr Rodgers (Minister of Customs) gave notice to introduce a BUI to amend the Industries. Preservation Act to provide more ' - effectiVe measures for dealing with dumpof the extraordinary depre- , [/wtioji,,in the value of the mark. Mr ’ jjjpdgeris,' explained that the exchange ■, " value of the mark on July 51 was 3015 to ...the . The Act provided for a depre- ’ ■M**"- ' the eight-hour day. SYDNEY, August 4. ,?In-th& Assembly the Forty-eight Hour il 3HlL‘was read a second time by 42 votes '.JtonSLl'V i . SEAMEN’S WAGES, v- r' SYDNEY, August 4. :., r ,;l£Ts announced by the Trades Hall that " l^eiwen,.engaged under the Australian n ;are to receive ai? increase of 2s pier day from August 1. .W m to THE ECHUCA DISPUTE, i T MELBOURNE, August 4. ‘ The crew of the Echuca were released .jpUythgir own recognisances. Subsequently . manned the vessel which sailed for Singapore.—A. and N.Z. Cable. [Tho"' firemen and trimmers of the Commonwealth liner Echuca objected 'to the ll inanag6ment cutting out tho extra meal betyreiap, the night watches. Twelve of the" crew were arrested for insubordination.] . FIRES IN. CANEFIELDS. SUSPECTED. -i-.bdv' BRISBANE, August 4. ' Sixteen fires, which were probably ' caused jay incendiarism, are reported from the 'canefields at Cairns.—A. and N.Z. Cable.