CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14048, 19 July 1916, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

I (Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) j " . SYDNEY, July 18. I Parliament has opened. The ito-' vemor's speech- refenred to the hopeful outlook .and'-' progress, of the war, and the assurance of a good .harvest ( pwijng to the recent rains, d The speech says arrangements, m ,spj£e of .financial difficulties, ; have beeii made fpi; a continual- • tion of railway and other 'developmental works. r Otherwise the -speech is as i'orei casted. All 'the colliery mechanics m MahV land have ceased, work. : Twelve colliers and oyer 4000 mere are affected. Tha employees . m,, Brown's and Minim's collieries have received a fortnight's ''notice- to -quit, when the pits will, be closed/ " % ' ■ '■'■'■■ 'A Ax x (Received July 19, 10.60 a.m.) '! ;-.•' . / SYDNEY; July 19. The Australasian/Scientific. -Society has abandoned the jirbposed meeting m January, 1917. V Speaking :lit an anti-conscription meeting at Broken Hill, W. Combs advised miners to keep on the roll, but noi. to work. •-'■ They had the weapon: of sabotage, which iheaiit' hot only slowing dowti, but damaging machinery under-; 1 ground. - t In the Assembly "JMr Wade g^ve-notice to move a" vote of censure on tbe Government on Tuesday on the subject of resuthption of Ministerial duties by All' Griffith '' ." '"' -: ' All collieries m the Commonwealth affiliated, to the Austi_asian Coal Shale Employees 7 v Federation decided to stop work for a day^on the 27th m connec- • tion with the demand for eight hours by all employees. MELBOURNE, July 18. ' It is> understood that the main feature of the Industrial Pe&ca PreservationBill, which the Ministry lias decided to introduce, provides -for taking a secret ballot of workers by , a State-appointed official to decide whether a strike shall be declared. The, object is to reduce the number of strikes! MELBOURNE, July 19. It' is foreshadowed that the Government will extend' the\ powers of the ■Navy Department lo prevent ships leaving Australia with empty cargo space • when freight is available. t Mr. David Mitchell's Victorian estate is valued at £299,717. It is left equally to seven children. The will 'provides that except Madame Melba, who is free to draw the whole share of £42,816, the other participants shall draw incomes on the shares.. Sharemarket sales : National Insurance, 535; Union {Steam (ord),' 36s 6d ; Auckland Trams (ord), .19s 7d ; Taupiri Coal, ! 13s 6d.