AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

(Press Assn. — By' Telegraph. — Copyright.) 1 - SYDNEY, November 17. tn the Asseiribly Mr Wade's amendment foi- reducing* the first' item in the Estimates, with, a view- t<v> testing the House ori the Government taxation proposals, Was negatived' by 31 to 21.

* The result of the pigeon shooting match for £100 ' a- side and ICO birds at 30 yards, resulted in Wilkinson coming first With 90 kills, and R, , Arnst 85 killed. ■'■-. ''.'.'■•. '•" .

'Bran and pollard have been advanced 55,. ' ''. ' ' ''"■' A ."' The slaters have obtained a shilling a day advance; -and- the', -strike "has ended. ■' v^iN > -'• .(Received November 18,' '8.5 a.m.) -"" ' ■■--,!. * SYDNEY, Nov. 18.; 'The Government 1 lute reintroduced the Industrial ".Arbitration Rill which was dropped, last session I*-'-1 *-'-- Miv'Wude ; declar? ed that it %n«- riot keeping' the compact with Mr WiUis not tp introduce contentious legislation. ' Ministers argued that it was keeping the promise to the electors to remoVe s the "Coercion Act. •*. NSvenibeV 1 1$, K3O a.m.) - : MELBOUBNE, November 18. r-*_vir'- Paul's fe port- on the • irop • bounty paid to •Mi'-Hoakinga has been tabled in the'Hduse.of: -RepresentatiyeSi It alleges that the bounty was overpaid by JBlOj-cjl'. -It- -states -that; the Customs authorities adopted < generally loose methods; and* r 'fKiled to properly guard against' irregulari ties. -The Aet stated that the bounty was to be '.paid on fi'ig iron made 'df Australian: ore, whereas 24,000 tons of slag had been used: He failed to -seehPw mill cinders could be classed as *4Ustraliah "' ore. The, Comp-troller-Geperai: of '•Custp-fhs considers.that MV Paul'*' figures' are prpbably in excess of" the "ambunt pyerpaid, but thinkls an investigaladji necessary. . .The Mount liyell director^ have received :»• telegram .from the unions that thei provisional' agreement has been adopted, and"/ the men '.are -willing to return '. tb Work immediately. In the House bf-. Representatives, in reply to a question, Mr "."razer stated tjiat the proposals of the Oceanic 'C^m 1 pany for a subsidy were that .the trip from Australia to America would occupy tw-e,nty' days,' the trips to" be" ftmr- weekly, a subsidy of per trip to be paid, the ports, of call- ,to-.. be^Pagppago. and Honolulu.. • '"•;, '""'-'...,■'. ."-.<' ADELAIDE, November 18. 'Mr JacWspn,7'a ; Labor member, has been elected Speaker." . HA T -BRISBANE,* November 18. Tlie. ;two convicte 'named Gi'aig and Jylclntyre, whp escaped from St. Helena prison on . Jfovember 5, have" been cap : tured on tlie "island. It is a mystery how they . have subsisted since th-by escaped.