AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 107, 28 June 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FIND OF OPALS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. . ■ Sydney, June 27. A miner has unearthed 500 ounces of opals at White Cliffs, valued at £IOOO. A party working the claim two years ago missed the deposit by two feet. SUGAR WORKERS’ STRIKE. Melbourne, June 28. Mr Tudor lias departed to Bundaberg (Queensland) to arbitrate iu the sugar workers’ strike. MILITARY COLLEGE. (Received 28, 9.15 a.m.) Sydney, June 28. The Australian-New Zealand College will bo known as the Royal Military College. INI MISTRIAL UNREST. Sydney, Juno 28. Mr. Mitchell, general secretary of, trio Enginedi ivers’ m e! Firemen’s Association, referring to tbo High Court judgment regarding registration .under the Con: moil wealth Arbitration Act. asks tiro Federal Government to amend the Act in order to overcome tho difficulty created,, and clearly - define the meaning of industry. Tho judgment renders invalid a large number of industrial agreements, and if they wore interfered with trouble would ensue. Although opposed to strikes, that was tho only method left if they were deprived of tho right of arbitration. It was possible tho Gov-ernor-General would proclaim that such an Association was an organisation under the Act. If that was done the trouble would bo averted. Referring to the different Courts. Mr Mitchell stated that it cost £IOO less to obtain an award in the Federal Court, covering the whole of Australia, than in the State Court for the State only.

LADY DUDLEY. Sydney, June 28. Tho ladies of Now 'South Wales have presented Lady Dudley with a portrait of herself, by Longstaff, as a farewell souvenir. BARBERS’ SHOPS. Sydney, June 28. The Broken Hill Council bad adopted ordinances for the control of barbel's’ shops, providing for the sterilising of all instruments after cadi one’s use. SLAUGHTERING SPACE CORNERED. (Received 28, 10.10 a.m) Sydney, June 28. A deputation informed Mr Flowers that the meat combine had cornered slaughtering space at tho abattoirs, and although not using it themselves, refused to allow others to use it, thereby hampering trade. Mr Flowers professed amazement at tho statement, and declared emphatically that the Department would not tolerate such a condition, even if it had to cancel leases. The matter would be remedied in such a manner that There would bo no possibility of a icmrrence.

PENNY POSTAGE. Melbourne, Juno ,23. The postal revenue shows that 10 loss lias occurred through the introduction of penny postage. The revenue from June Bth to 21st is £151,000, compared with £141,000 last year. COMMONWEALTH POPULATION. Melbourne, June 28* The preliminary count of the census is complete. The population of the Commonwealth is 4,440,493, compared with 3,773,801 ten years ago. The biggest proportional increase is Westralia 52 per cent, Now South Wales 22, Queensland 21, South Australia 13, Tasmania 10}, Victoria 9}. WRECKAGE FOUND. Brisbane June 28. The wreckage of a yacht has been found at Norfolk Island. It is supposed to bo a portion of the Seestern, which has been missing for two years.