AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1916, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Cabh.—Press Association—Copyright i SUPPLY OF PAPER. 1 Melbourne, April &. Mr. Tudor promised a deputation of newspaper proprietors to consider action similar to that of the New Zealand Government for obtaining supplies of paper. A GOVERNMENT BUNGLE* Sydney, April 8. A fine block of shops facing Belmore Park, recently erected by the Government, but nevei occupied, is being demolished in connection with the city railway scheme. ENGINEERS' STRIKE .-■ Sydney, April 10. The Walsh Island engineers have resumed work pending a conference. 1 ' DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, Melbourne, April 10. Fourteen shops at Terang have been destroyed by fire. The damage amounted to <£15,000. / STATE FISHERIES. Sydney, April 10. The Auditor-General, reporting on. the State trawling, states that the industry is run at a loss, and severely criticises the management. A PUZZLED JUDGE Brisbane, April 10. Speaking at the university, the Chief Justice said France was once regarded as the home of sabotage, and Russia was once racked with internal disputes. But they entered the war with unanimity of spirit, wliilst in England, the home of freedom, there were shirkers and. strikers. He, as a democrat, was puzzled how these could exist in a democratic community. The same people said preference to unionists and such concessions were the result of the advance of democracy, but such practices were really the introduction of despotism.