AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19583, 12 September 1925, Page 11

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

MOUNT LYELL COKE WORKS. DECISION TO CLOSE DOWN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, September 10. The Mount Lyell coke works at Port Ketnbla are closing at the end of the month. The machinery and all the other material will be sold. This will put out of work a large number of men. The reason for closing is that the company’s mines and smelters in Tasmania do not now require so much ooke, owing to a new process which is in use, and the balance of the coke manufactured is nob saleable, as smelting is practically _at a standstill on account of the low price of metal It is feared that the introduction of the 44-hour week will close the remaining large industries at Port Kembla. FIRE AT BAOON FACTORY. BRISBANE, September 10. Fire destroyed the greater portion of Messrs Foggitt and Jones’s bacon factory. The damage is estimated at between £30,000 and £40,000. STRIKE OF WAITRESSES. MELBOURNE, September 11. About 200 waitresses employed at the Railway Cafe decided to strike as a protest against the report of the newlyappointed supervisor, in which he stated that they were lazy and inefficient, and shonld be replaced in many instances. The waitresses are demanding the supervisor's dismissal. ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY. SYDNEY, September 10. The Assembly read a third time the Abolition of Capital Punishment Bill. An amendment moved by a country member providing for emasculation in the case of sexual crimes was defeated by 43 votes to 19. BRISBANE, September 11. In the Assembly the no-confidence motion was defeated by 35 votes to 23. The motion, which was moved by the Leader of the Opposition {Mr T. Moore) criticised the Government for its handling of the recent railway strike.