AUSTRALIAN NEWS
THE LITHGOW STRIKE. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright Received 19, 12.25 a.m. Sydney, duly 18. Owiig to the colliery strike, practically the whole of the Lithgow ironworks are idle, excepting a few small plants including blast furnaces, which require little coal for working. Apart from the miners 500 men arc out of work.
ABOLITION OF QUEUES. Received 10, 12.25 a.m. Sydney, July 18. The City Council decided to abolish queues, except at places where the doors are open two hours before the commencement of an entertainment and fixed admission charged. An alderman stated that the system amounted to blackmail. THIRSTY WESTRALIANS. Received 10, 12.25 a.m. Perth, July 18. A report by the Health Department shows that the cost of alcoholic beverages last year was £8 Ins (id per head, an increase of 13s 4%d on the previous year.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 21, 19 July 1911, Page 5
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