AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 149, 16 August 1911, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

UNSATISFACTORY M USIC. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. (Received 1(3, 10.20 a.in.) Sydney, August IQ.. During a discussion at the City Council on the question of supplying hand music to the city parks, Alderman Meagher argued that the disgraceful scenes at football matches was due entirely to the music, which enraged the public, and caused them to riot. ' BUTTER FAMINE ENDED. Sydney, August 16. Heavy arrivals of butter ended the famine. BILLIARDS. Sydney, August 10. A match, 18,000 up, between Stevenson and Lindrum, starts at Sydney 3n Monday next, Lindrum receiving 1000. Fremantle, August 16. The billiardist Reece, returning to England, highly praised Lindrum’s line play, but said he had not a million to one chancei with Gray at the red ball game. f MELBA. f Fremantle, August 10. Melba’s Grand Opera Company are passengers by the ,M,ooltan. The company includes many stars. '' A FATAL QUARREL. Brisbane, August 16. Two" men named McDonald .and Feakiij quarrelled ,and' Feakin shot McDonald dead. He pleads that ho did so in self-defence. ■iincm 11 "IMMIGRATION. 1 " ■ m ' " 11 G'Ur. Melbourne, * August 16. The officer recently in charge of immigration work in London states that if arrangements 1 can be made to bring 'them out to Australia, there will be" no difficulty in 'securing 50,000 immigrants this year. POLITICAL LABOUR LEAGUE. Sydney, August 16. The Newcastle Miners’ Federation has decided to withdraw from the Political Labour League. THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. Melbourne, August 16. Mi 1 Fisher states that the whole of England urged that. Australia should he made the predominant factor in the Pacific, No definite arrangements had been made, i but ho gathered the impression that the representations were favourably, received. The question of some of the Pacific Islands being taken over by Australia would become pressing in the future, but so far it had not been considered as a Government question. FEDERAL ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Melbourne, August 16. The Council of..the Victoiian Employers’ Federation has adopetd a protest against the Federal AitorjieyGruoral as president >of the Waterside Workers’ Federation in directing ! members to refuse, to : handle, nonunion sugar, as such action tended to cause a general strike, and was con tempt of the Arbitration Act, which lie as Attorney-General should endeavour to uphold. COMPULSORLY MILITARY TRAIN- j ING. Sydney, August 15. The Northern Colliery Employees’ Association rejected Stanford Merthyr’s motion against compulsory military training, by 21 to 7.