AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143762, 10 April 1912, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

A SOCIALIST RESOLUTION. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received April 10, 9.15 a.m.) ADELAIDE, April 10. The Socialist conference recommended all working class boys to refuse to attend parades and to decline to drill if committed to military custody. OLD AGE PENSIONS. (Received April 10, 9.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 10. A return shows that out of every thousand persons in tho Commonwealth 19.9 are drawing old ago or invalid pensions, at a total cost of £2,200,000 yearly. COMPULSORY MILITARY’ TRAINING. (Received April 10, 9.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 10. Mr. Smordon, the well-known British scoutmaster, has arrived to study tho compulsory training system. A CASE OF SMALL-POX. FREMANTLE, April 9. An Australian officer returning to India by tho Mahva has been found to be suffering from small-pox. The necessary precautions have been taken. LITHGOW STRIKE OFF. (Received April 10, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 10. A conference of the representatives of the unions and the Chamber of Manufacturers agreed to declare the Lithgow strike off to-day, after lasting idno months. • NEW REFERENDA. (Received April 10, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, \pnl i.'. ;,e Federal Government will submit to referenda the proposals rejected last year, on the same day as the election next year. POTATOES GETTING SCARCE.. (Beeeivcd April 10, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 10. Potatoes.—Scarce and dear; best Tasmanians £lO.