AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 116, 8 July 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SMELTERS WANT .MIOTECTiDN. DISSATISFIED MOULDERS. 13y Electric Telegraph.— I Copyright. United Press Association. Melbourne, July 7. Senator Findlay, • epl.V l ng to a deputation of inouldei s. ui opposing an application to iatrodm 1 men <>n the ground that there were plenty available locally, said he did not tnink tne employers would go_ ix t: o expense and delay of importing men .1 suitable men who obtain.idle in Australia. . INSUBORDINATE CADETS. Sydney, July 7. The Erskinevillo JacHcs emulated the example cf the Viecjaan Cadetj and refused to obey tUnfix ofbems They answered impertinently, and ended by throwing mud and stones. They also stoned a policeman iVho was called in. HEAVY MORTALITY FROM MEASLES. Sydney, July 7. The steamer Providence, from Rotumah Island, reports an epidemic of measles, which was responsible for 400 deaths before it was eradicated. GOLD YIELD. (Received 8, 8.55 a.rn.) Sydney, July 8. The New South Wales gold yield for six raontiis is 88,632 ounces of line gold, valued at £370,274, an increase of 3680 ounces, compared with the same period last year. THE LABOUR PARTY. Sydney 7, July 8. A more conciliatory spirit has developed in the divergent Labour sections, and no further developments are likely till after the caucus mect>ng on Wednesday.

’Mil-: SUGAR INDUSTRY. Melbourne, .J uly 8. Mr. Tudor declares that serious losses are certain unless the trouble in the sugar industry is adjusted. Some growers arc looking at black ruin. The industry employs 20,000. GOOD RAINS. Sydney, July 8. Good rains have fallen in the whole of the State, the heaviest being at Riverina. The season’s outlook is excellent. Men are being engaged in Sydney to till the places of strikers in the Queensland sugar fields. The Labour Council decided to appoint pickets. SHORTAGE OF LABOUR. Sydney, July 8. Further doleful stories told before the Labour Commission predicted that the dearth will seriously, affect many industries consequent upon tho Joss of trade and tho enforced importation of large quantities of goods which could be made locally.' DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY. Melbourne, July 8. A meeting of the shareholders of the Dunlop Rubber Company approved of a reconstruction scheme with a view to ip ceasing the capital. The chairman slated that tin- company bad made substantial progress and business had increased very largely. RAILWAYMEN’S WAGES. Brisbane, July 8. The Executive Council has approved of a substantial increase in wages for the lower paid branches of the rad wayservice . Seven thousand will benefit. COAL DISCOVERY. Brisbane, July 8. An important discovery of coal is reported in tho basin of tho Purari River, New Guinea. A large surface of the outcrop is of high quality. The find is ten miles from a good waterway. STOCK RETURNS. Perth, July 8. The stock returns for last year show a good increase in horses, cattle, and sheep.

LEASING A RAILWAY. Adelaide, July 8. The Commonwealth lias completed arrangements to lease the Port Aug-usta-Oodnadatta railway from South Australia. CO-OPERATIVE ASSURANCE. (Received 8, 9.45 a.m.) Sydney, July 8. > A prospectus has been issued for a Co-operative Assurance Company, with a capital of £250,000, one-third of the issue to bo reserved for New Zealand. SHEEP SALES. Sydney, July 8. The sheep sales have closed. Mr Ensor, New Zealand, paid 40 guineas for a ram from Sir Amul McCaughey’s Hock. NEW HEBRIDES. Melbourne, July 8. A Presbyterian missionary from the New Hebrides complains of the open violation of the convention by the French. Grog is given wholesale, women are illegally taken, and there is no supervision of labour; labourers being compelled to work on Sundays. Law and order is treated with contempt, and British authority is apparently powerless to enforce the observance of the joint convention. AN OVERDUE SCHOONER. Adelaide, July 8. Fears are entertained for the safety of the American four-masted schooner Espada, 136 days out.