AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12585, 16 October 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

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BRISBANE, Oct, 15

The decomposed bodies of three young men have been found at Cape Bedford, where, the missing boat was recently stranded. „

SYDNEY, Otet. 15. The cadets who attended" tne'-' Coronation have returned from London, and were warmly welcomed.

The trial of the Lithgow, strike leaders lias concluded. Bathurst; "Scully, Hayes and Williams were found guilty of participating m a riot, and Cooper and Kennedy not guilty. T/n the cases. ■of Cai pcs and Dixon the- jury failed to agree. Sentence was, deferred.

(Received October 16, 10.15 n.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 16The^ united charities' v collection •: m the city streets "realised over £2000, which is a record.

Mr Carmichael declares the Goverm ment haye ' imposed further taxation to wipe out- sweating, ; in .. the public " service.

The proposal fori a mail subsidy to. the Union Company, since the contract closed \ with- 'the, NeSv: 'Zealand Government, has been revived with a view to arranging an improved lA'ustralian se]r-.-vice; The new pfopdshl'isvfpi l ! .'the Commonwealth to pay the company between £20,000 and £30,000] a year, with £10,000 additional for steamers to call alternately at Brisbane and Melbourne. In return the' company is prepared to provide an improved and more expedi : . tious service';."]*'' 1 7 ' ' '*•'."'. 'MELBOIURIfR. October 15.,] The Mount Lyell engine-drivers did' not come out bri nSfaturday as expected.*, They are awaiting the result of a secret ballot of the miners,' Kv ho are divided on the expediency of. calling them out.,] In the re-arrangement of the Federal Cabinet, the Hon. Josiah Thomas,' Post-, master-General, succeeds the . late . Hon.], E. L. Batchelor, as Minister for Exte.r-' nal Affairs. Mr Frazer (an honorary Minister) becomes Postmaster-General. ; MELBOURNE, Oct. 16. v , Amongst other things the Sugar Com-] mission has been asked] to inquire into,' is the permanence] of the industry under white labor conditiops. .: The District Court h'ns ordered the destruction of copies of Chidley's recent^ ly published book, "The Answer," cbh-. sidering it would itend to corrupt oncf deprave readers. , • ■ , , ,