AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 95, 5 December 1911, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sydney, December 4. A deputation of the Evangelical Council asked Mr McGowen, Premier, to legislate- against boxing contests, which, they declared, .were nothing more nor less than prize fights. They argued - -that'Sydney ~ was being made the dumping ground for pugilists, who would not add to the moral tone of the plijfcej : f In Vejpl.t, Mr McGowen declared that he was ignorant of the modus opora.ndi of these contests, but anything that was tabooed jn Great Britain should not bo tolerated lieve. If he possessed tlie power to prevent contests developing into brutal exhibitions or anything other than exhibitions of skill, he was determined to do it. The question of the money element would lie considered by Cabinet. The High Court dismissed the appeal by .the Harbour, .Trust against the Full v£Jcfori!s; diecisidh‘ that it was liable to‘pay. damages to. a 'man injured while working on the wharf, and held that the Government was liable under the Employers’ Liability Act. The captain of the steamer Kapunda reports passing floating cases, apparently full of merchandise, for nearly an hour, off Kiama. They appeared not to have been in the water long. --The Labour daily paper is materialising. The company have purchased land with 80 feet of frontage in Pitt Street, near Bathurst Street, at £33 a foot. The building commences in January. Mr, Lamond, ci.itcr of t..e “Worker,” left for Sr.ghr.d are America to purchase the necessary The Marine Court suspend' l '! t’e certificate of Captain Peterson in connection with the stranding cl ' , o steamer Port Stephens, foi twelve months.

A special board has bean constituted to deal with the wharf laborers’ dispute, and has commenced work. Counsel for the Inter-State Steamship Owners contended that existing conditions were not being observed by the men, and no claims wore before the board in a legal way, and announced that it was intended to fight the matter step by step. Judge Scholes, president, overruled the objections, and said he intended to sit until the work was done, and proceeded to the consideration of claims. Melbourne, December 4. Senior cadets in training number 89,996. (