AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13661, 27 March 1908, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

NEW INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BILL. |

By Electric Telegraph;— Copyright. - SYDNEY, March 26. In the Assembly the Government introduced an amended Industrial Disputes Bill to provide for a Court of Appeal to deal with questions referred to it from the Wages Boards. [The Bill is now very similar to that formulated by the Hon. J. A. Millar in New Zealand last session.]

£20,000 FOR ADVERTISEMENT.,

(Received March 27, 10v42.a.m.) MELBOURNE, March 27.. The Federal House of Representatives •voted* £20,000' for advertising the resources of Australia. A LAND SCANDAL. (Received March 27, 10.35, a.m.) SYDNEY, March 27. Some startling revelations promise to be made shortly in connection with a land.scandal in New Guinea through which two officials have been suspended. It is stated that preference was' given to one syndicate over another in the acquirement of a rich block of country.