AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1339, 29 May 1918, Page 5 (Supplement)

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS. toy Cable. —/V<-f# Attorialiou. — CopwrigM, SYDNEY, Mhy 28. Another contract has been placed in Sydney for the construction, of six auxiliary barquentines, of 2000 tons, fitted with -180 horse-power semiDiesel engines, to be completed within two years. The contractors propose to inaugurate new labour conditions on a modified co-operative basis. FEDERAL PURCHASES. (Roc. May 2<), KlJi. MELBOURNE, May 2». The Federal Government has decided to purchase this year's and next year's Queensland sugar troy at t'2l per ton, providing Queensland introduces no new legislation affecting the industry. QUEENSLAND POLITICS. (P.rc. May 20. I<U> BRISBANE. May H. .Mr E. 11. Macartney has been elected Leader of the Opposition.