AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 95, 12 June 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

BOOKED FOR Ntvu ZEALAND. (Received 12, 9.5 a.m.) Sydney, June 19. Sir KcnncAi Douglas and the avia;tor Hammond are passengers by the Moeraki. FOOTBALL. Sydney, June 12. The Now South Wales and Queensland matches demonstrated that Mio New South Wales team was in <up form. The outstanding feature was allround combination. 'DRIVERS’ STRIKE SETTLED. Adelaide, Juno 12. The drivers’ cl: ike has been settled ;;s an outcome of negotiations w.v.i the Employers’ Federal inn. FROM STATE-, TO COMMONWEALTH. Melbourne, June 12. The value of .properties transferred from 1 ictom to the Commonwealth j,s ; two quarters of a million, whereon iidO.OOO pev annum interest is claimed from Jut, Ist last. THE DOMINIONS 'AND TREAIiES. Melbourne, June 12. Mr Hughes regards Sir Wilfrid Lauriei’c proposal to endow the Dominions With powers to make iit-.Jioo with foreign countries as compi-uoiy opposed to the Impellaliastic i leal. If adopted-, it might happen—in the case of Canada it would happen—-that some portion of the Empire woiiid have setter _ tar ill terms with par si •.•.da* countries i.aan other portions had, and this uould make for the d-sinte-gration of the Empire. THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR Brisbane, Jane 12. The members of the Sheffield Choir include Lady Norali Noel, da iglder of the Earl of Gainsborough, i i.e ftvuuio of Saturday’s concerts was that all the items given were unnccom-vi lied, and they wore;-characterised by flourness of enunciation and drama tie intensity. NEW SOUTH WALES WEATHER. (Received 12, 9.10 a.m.) Sydney, / Juno 12. The weather is bitterly cold, with gentle snow and heavy frosts in many districts. A CRY FROM FIJI. Sydney, June 12. The secretary cf the Labour Council has received a letter from a resident of Fiji, seeking to enlist the Council’s sympathy against what he terms the enslavement of the natives. He alleges that the natives are compelled, in spite of protests, to keep rhe roads in order without payment of any kind. THE MIMIRO. Melbourne, June 12. Arrived.—Mirniro, from New York. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. V ? Mcjhqfnjny, E -Ttjnog Is. v Mr O’Malley suggests that if the Governor-General desired to visit Sydney or Melbourne or other cities, ho should do so ns the President of the United States did—scenic apartments in a hotel or rant a cottage. THE JAPS. Sydney, Juno 12. Sir Hartley Williams, who is revisiting Australia, spout several weeks in Japan, and says the anxiety of the Japanese to build a powerful navy is undiminislied. Notwithstanding assurances to the contrary, Japanese eyes were turned Austral inwards. They were questioning them-, selves regarding our empty plm and urged tha necessity of Australia filling these. Port Darwin, June 12 The Neptune’s crew are Japanese. JEWELLERY ROBBERY. Brisbane, June 12. Burglars visited Flavoll and Roberts’ jewellery shop at Rockhampton and secured between £2OOO .and £3OOO worth of jewellery, also £3O in cash. VICTORIAN FLOODS. Melbourne, Juno 12. Floods in the Trafalgar district did much damage to crops, including the destruction of 100 tons of onions. Some residents were compelled to leave their homes. MUTINY OF BOYS. (Received 12, 9 a.m.) Paris, June 11. Two hundred and fifty boys, aged from ten to nineteen, mutinied in the penitentiary at- Belle Island. They complained that the food was uneatable, and after arming themselves iv.- scythes'and pitcrfprks, locked up ~.e officers. The boys then scattered over the island. Gendarmes have been cent to arrest them. •