AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 66, 13 March 1912, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sydney, March ;12. In the Assembly, a motion in favour of submitting the question of the establishment ot State lotteries to a referendum was again talked out. (Received 13, 0.25 a.m.) Sydney, March 13. The State metai quarries yielded a profit of £lBOl in six months. The delegates to the Australian Picks Association Conference in Auckland sail to-day. The subjects to be discussed include tiie copyright of news items, improving facilit.es 'for the interchange cf news by an AllRod cable and rival press cable services. ' , The Sugar Commission, taking evidence in tne Northern Rivers, disclosed that there was a large decrease in tne area cultivated, due largely to the impossibility of securing suitable labour and the high cost of labour. Miss Birch was farewelled on tho eve of her departure to assume tne general secretaryship at Wellington of the Toung Women’s Christian Association. In the Assembly, Mr. Griffith introduced a Bill providing for .the establishment of btate ironworks by purchase or creation. 'The Commonwealth requirements represent a million tons ore annually, .and the production cf iron and steel therefrom. Tne wages bill would be one million three hundred thousand pounds.