AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 27, 26 July 1911, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

THE LITHGOW STRIKE. I By Cable.—Press A«Booia,tt»«.—C*py*ight. Sydney, July 25. Over six hundred men are affected by the lithgow strike. Mr. Beeby is endeavoringl to arrange for arbitration. THEATRE QUEUES. ' Sydney, July 26. The City Council's order against theatre queues was . enforceable last night, but a pitiless downpour of rain obviated the need of actioH, MINERS' DISEASES. . Perth, July 25. The Government has appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into tuberculosis and other miners' diseases. ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY. .Melbourne, July 25. Mr. Hughes, referring to the AngloJapanese Treaty, declared that the statement that tfie Dominion Governments had been consulted was untrue so far as the Commonwealth was concerned. Tt was not even officially notified of the fact. COST OF STATE BRICKS. Sydney, July 25. It kas been stated that the Government bricks which are selling at 2Ca a thousand, cost 40s to produce. Mr. Griffith states that this is untrue. With the present incomplete plant they oost 255, and when the kilns are up-to-date the cost will be reduced to bellow£l.;

PREFERENTIAL TARIFF. Melbourne. July 25. The Minister of Customs has derided to allow preference on goods wholly manufactured in the United Kingdom instead of on gooda 25 per cent, of whose finished value is represented lry wages paid to British workmen. The reason is that wages constitute a low proportion of the value of many articles.