AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 81, 25 March 1908, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

I lib PAINTERS' STRIKE. Received 24th, 9.4*5 p.m. Sydney, March 24. The painters' strike is extending. 3tT4H hundred and fifty are now idle. (A. few firms hare conceded the demands. THE CANDIAN TERCENTENARY. * 1" Melbourne, Mareli 24. The Canadian Government has invited iff, Dealcin to represent Australia at the •Qnebbc tercentenary celebrations. *ft»r eamnnraieation with Earl Dudley, Hr. Scalds replied regretting that his Parliamentary duties would preclude hi- 1 visiting Canada.but that lie liad arranged with Earl Dudley, the new GovernnrOmeral of An'traiiu. to repre-ent til'Commonwealth at the celebrations S7TTP OX A REEF. Sydney, March 22. The staamer Hampstead. from ITa<r»ii, reports that a large sailing ship is ashore at Middleton Reef. Ko name was discernible. opium wiroGiixa Brisbane, March 24. Two -saloon passengers on tho Clianjrsha were arreste<i for having 141 tins Of smuggled opium, valued at £OSO. la their possesion. THE AUSTRALIAN* MINT. Melbourne, March 24. Tho Federal Government is considering a scheme for utilising the proposed Mint for silver and bronze for the complete manufacture of cartridge?. The (working of the Mint would not fully Oceupy the band", and as the braes nips from which cartridges cases are drawn tavc now to be ini|>orte<l, it is proposed to add the manufacture of these cups to the work of the stall of the Mint. The profits on the coinage of silver and ftroiue are estimated at £50,000 per annum. This would more th;un cover the coat of producing 20,000.000 clips and 20,000,000 cuproniclcel bullet envelopes