AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13967, 27 July 1909, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

A HEAVY BLOW. By Electric Telegrapk. — Copyright, SYDNEY, July 26. During a heavy westerly blow, a wall in course of renovation in Sussex Street fell, burying and injuring four workmen, two seriously. Another wall in Bathurst Street coll&psed, injuring the workmen. STRIKE AT NEWCASTLE. SYDNEY, July 26. As foreshadowed, the waterside workers at Newcastle struck as a protest against ships' crews discharging ballast. Shipping generally is at a standstill. ; Later, through the mediation of the ' traffic manager of railways, the colliery ] proprietors and shipping agents agreed \ to meet the men in conference before ' Wednesday to' discuss the whole ques- 1 tion. The strikers resumed work at * two o'clock in the afternoon. THE LATE SIR F. HOLDER. < (Received July 27, 10.53 a.m.) * ADELAIDE, July '27, <■ Sir Frederick Holder, late Speaker of J the Federal House of Rpprescentatives, 1 was accorded a great public funeral. « r NEW SOUTH WALES SURPLUS. < SYDNEY, July 27. The Hon. T. Waddell, State Treasurer, announces that a substantial surplus its assured.