MEBOURNE CENTENARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18528, 15 October 1934, Page 11

MEBOURNE CENTENARY

EXHIBITION OPENED TRAM STRIKE PROSPECTS DECISION TO-MORROW (Elec. TeL Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Oct. 15, 3 p. 111.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 15. The principal centenary topic to-day is. l the prospect of a tramway strike. Definitely no trams will run to-morrow morning, when a stop-work meeting will lie held. Only the event of an eleventh hour development will enable the service 1o run at all. The meeting is likely to be lengthy. The militants, having achieved an initial success, will probably attempt to have :t strike declared. The moderates do not favor a strike, realising that the tramways have a duty to the public, especially in view of the centenary. The authorities are awaiting developments. No emergency services will be run to-morrow unless a strike is declared. Only 300 buses are available to carry me traffic of 1200 trams.

Great crowds are attending the ;i 11Australian exhibition, organised by an industrial contribution to the celebrations to mark a century of development.

In opening the .exhibition, the Premier, Sir Stanley Argylo, said Australia was built upon industrial selfreliance. Manufacturers had helped Australia to offer solid resistance to the world depression, so that Australia was described overseas as the country, showing the greatest economic recovery.

Forty-two entries in the centenary open, amateur, and professional golf championships include the New Zealand professionals, George Watt, N. 11. Fuller, John Lambie, and A. J. Shaw. One New Zealand amateur has not accepted because he is on a two handicap. The meeting opens on November 15, and entries close 011 October 22. Mrs Winch, a New Zealander, is among the four players seeded in the draw for the women’s amateur squash rackets championship which is being played on October 22.