AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 86, 31 May 1911, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PRINTING TRADE AWARD. Sydney, May 30. The award granted the country printing trade allows apprentices and journeymen to operate type-setting machines. The wages are lower than those ruling in the city. The award is likely to seriously allcct the printing trade. RECORD COLD SNAP. Sydney, May 30. The barometer in Sydney this morning was 4.1, the lowest reading since 1872. There were falls of snow in many of the upland districts. UNPAYABLE TUGS. Sydney, May 30. Evidence before the Industrial Court liscloscd that tugboats in Sydney run it a loss owing to the severity of competition and the disappearance of sailing vessels. THE WONDERFUL WIRELESS. • Sydney, May 30. One of the first examples of the use ■if wireless for general purposes was i,-forded by the TPimaroa. The message \a-, sent when 500 miles from the por ! ■ml delivered within half an hour after lespatch. NEW SOUTH WALES ASSEMBLY. Sydney, May 30. Air. Aleaghcr has been rc-clccted chairnan of committees of the Assembly. " H-.'U" SAVINGS BANK LOAN. ’STfT- M Aielbourne, Alay 30. Tenders for the Savings Bank loan of half a million, at 3V 2 per cent., at a minimum of £OO, have been opened. The nublie tendered for £IOI,OOO, at an average of £9O Is Od, the Savings Bank Commissioners taking the balance al par.