AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 119, 12 July 1911, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Received 12, 9-20 a.in.) Sydney, July 12. Considering the large percentage of undisciplined boys among the cadets, the military authorities are pleased with the success of the first parades. Influenza is raging in the city and suburbs. The outbreak is severe, and many cases are turning to pneumonia. Strike pickets are busy endeavouring to prevent men signing on for the Queensland sugar fields. Brisbane, July 11. Parliament has been opened. Mr W. D. Armstrong has been elected Speaker. . (Received 12, 10.15 a.rn.) Sydney, duly 12.

Referring to the suggestion to include farm labourers in the Industrial Arbitration Act, Mr Booby, said ho regarded the minimum wage and juvenile labour as the only items which could be regulated. Brisbane, July 12 Forty-five labourers employed in the construction of the western railway have struck for an increase from 9s to IDs per day. Fremantle, July 12. Arrived—Orvieto, from London. (Received 12, 10.50 a.m.) Melbourne, July 12.

The Minister for Customs lias decided that imported spirits must ho accompanied by an excise certificate from the country of origin showing that the spirit has been two years in wood. Perth, July 12. The revenue for the year was £3,850,439 and the expenditure £2,734,445. The State started the year with a deficit of £102,692, and finished with a surplus of 13,302.