AUSTRALIAN.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 63, 28 October 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN.

(Received 28, 9.10 a.m.) Sydney, October 28. ■ A meeting of the Newcastle Colliery proprietors declined the Minors’ Fedei'atloiL demand for an unconditional hohferenec oil all matters in dispute in it. he district, insisting that all colresume work under the conditions existing prior to the stoppage,, all disputes to. be referred to ■jilie Wages Board before a conference is granted. The Shorthand and Lymingtdn pits have been idle for six months. At present there is little apparent chance of a settlement of tne disputes. Polling is taking place to-day in the Liverpool Plains and Ivfaitland'byeelections after a strenuous campaign by both sides. Hobart, October 28. The Mount Lycll strike is in a fair way to settlement. Meetings of miners accepted the proposals of. the directors, which provide that White’s case should bo submitted to a legal tribunal,, all other men to return to their former places with official recognition of the, union, observance of the eight-hour principle, and the appointment of a committee to deal with grievances. The company grants a conference, on the wages question, in the giving a shilling advance. Work will be resumed at an early date.' Melbourne, October 28., Mr. ' Justice Higgins’ amended award on shearing rates makes no substantial variation in the previous award. Adult shed hands are awarded thirty-seven and sixpence per week, with ten shillings keep. The wage for lads at wool-scour, aged 18 to 21, is fixed at thirty shillings, and under 18 at twenty-five shillings. The award will have a currency of five years. The seismograph at tho Observatory recorded two sharp earth tremors, the first on' the morning of the 21st and the second in the forenoon of tho 24th. , %■ Sydney, October 28. The Moeraki, leaving to-day, has been fitted with wireless. Nine pedigree Dabaralla' Shorthorn heifers and tw.o bulls, purchased on behalf of the New Zealand Government, Avere shipped to-day. Hobart, October 28. The Legislative Council passed a Bill prohibiting the binding of licensees to deal only with certain brewers. Tlje Bill lias already passed the Assembly.

Melbourne, October 28. Mr Macdormcll’s funeral was largely attended. Expressions of grief at the loss the country has sustained were received from all aqnarters. Mr. Fisher, in Jus budget speech, said the large increase in old-age pensioners was clue to the disappearance of the .feeling that the were paid as a matter of charity. The principles underlying the payment was oemg better understood, and the reiucc.nice to apply was vanishing. It is expected that, for the current year tiie payments will total £2,tSJo,uuu. Special allowances will be made to the blind.

(Received 28, -10.25 a.in.) Sydney, October 28. A mooting of the produce merchants resolved to find all possible assistance for coastal shipping companies in unloading cargoes curing the strike. One speaker advocated paying the men’s demands, the companies raising the rates. Mr. Hughes nas not returned. The other delegates to the Melbourne conference have returned. They deny that their telegram, read at a recent strike meeting, was intended, to advise the men to resume. They only meant to convey what might happen in the event oi them not returning. The dominant note in shipping circles is not to sinrender. 'lne companies claim that they have treated, the men generously. ‘ The wharf labourers in other states are working without complaints under the agreement. A meeting of strikers ana wharf labourers generally to-night reviews the situation. The Crown Solicitor is obtaining information with a view to possible prosecutions ot strikers, under the industrial Disputes Act. About two hundred and fifty names have been taken. Mr. Carmichael, in an interview, said a section of the press was clamouring for vindicative measures against the men. This was not the time for impotent vengeance, but for the adoption of measures to temporally relieve pressure. He was working at full pressure with this object. Every effort is being made to unload "the Moeraki before her departure. She takes no outward freight, excepting, probably, a small quantity of fruit. Melbourne, October 28. A leading shipowner stated that they had reached the limit of concessions to the men. • If the strike extends it was not only going to affect transport. The shipowners had offers of support from some Very powerful employers’ unions. THE WAR. o THURSDAY’S FIGHT. (Received 23, 10.15 a.m.) Rome, October 27. One thousands Turks and Arabs were killed during Thursday's furious'attack on the whole of the Italian front, wherein seven thousand participated. , The enemy, witli a great dash, advanced on tlie trendies, in one instance in mass formation, and endeavoured to break I through, but they were repulsed. Several detachments of Arabs got behind the Italian front, but were quickly surrounded and annihiliated. The Italians’ total casualties wpro one hundred. According to the “Messagiro,” two battleships in the Dardanelles attacked tiie battleship Napoli, which replied and sank one and damaged the other .v London, October, 27. The “Central News” correspondent at Malta states that the Italians at Tripoli sustained four hundred casualties on Monday and Tuesday. The trouble in the town has been removed. Several Italian soldiers have been stabbed, and two Red Cross men killed.' Thirty guns were landed on Wednesday.