AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12586, 17 October 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.)

SYDNEY, October 16. : The Commonwealth Government pro-: poses to establish a naval college at Port Hacking, to cost £100,000, whereof £35,000 has been promised from the Dreadnought fund. It is expected that it will be ■> complete within a year. : The Philatelic Conference discussed the question of stamp forgeries, and appointed a committee of experts to whom supposed forgeries are to be submittedPhenomenal rainstorms have occurred at Broken Hill. A number of residents have been- flooded out. Considerable damage has been done. There lias been the biggest rise m the dams for 30 years. ■ '■•■*, "■■ ' ■ - ■ The enforcement of the broken shift, which' led to a threatened strike of telegraphists, has been postponed to allow the new Postmaster-General (Mr Fraser) to become acquainted with the situation. He arranged to interview officials of the Telegraphists' Association. Later^on the Postmaster-General received a deputation, of the Telegraphists' Association and discussed their troubles. He promised the operators a fair deal, but said he would not be bluffed. He would give an answer to the demands after fuller consideration. » The Rev. Mr Thatcher has been elected chairman of \ the Congregational Union. - : . • . - The damage caused by the fire at Messrs Smith, Copeland and Co.'s; tarpaulin works amounted to over £20,000; (Received October 17. 8.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, October 17. A deputation of boiler makers and shipbuilders, accompanied by eighty unemployed, protested against the Labor Shortage Committee's report. The Premier promised to consult the union secretaries before acting on the recommendations to import 'labor. • (Received October 17, 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, October 17. Obituary: Mr Norman Selfe, :the engineer who designed the first oceangoing steamer built m ; Australia ; also three gunboats used by the New Zealand Government m the Maori Avar. The Philatelic Congress appointed •ft permanent sub-committee- to encourage juvenile stamp collecting and to take an interest m the science of philately. Mr Staples, a. New Zealand delegate, declared that when : intelligently followed philately gave a wider outlook of political ana social changes. He suggested illustrated stamps as a means of advertising a countryi " v . '■ ' . The yacht Norina' has returned after an unsuccessful search for traces of the lost steanter Yongala. . ' .'■ MELBOURNE, October 17. .' A conference of the, Commonwealth Post and. Telegraph Association has opened. It was unanimously agreed to support New South Wales m a protest against broken hours, During the week 500 implement makers have been discharged owing to lack of work. The union is urging this as a reason against the importation of skilled workers. ADELAIDE, October 17. Women riding on a railway trioycle were overtaken by an engine. One named Paull was killed. The other was uninjured