AUSTRALIAN GABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144667, 29 April 1915, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN GABLES.

, STATE COAL MINE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT. (Received April 29, 8.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 29. An area near Lithgow has been selected for a State coal mine. DICK ARNST’S RETIREMENT. SYDNEY, April 28. The Telegraph, in announcing Dick Arnst’s retirement from the sculling arena for all time, says it is doubtful if ever again we shall see a man accomplish Arnst’s feat. He began as- a raw novice and became the world’s champion under years.*lO INCREASE IN BUTTER. SYDNEY, April 28. The Commodities Commission refused the application for a further increase of threepence in the price of butter. ENCOURAGING EXPORTS. SYDNEY, April 28. Tho Hon. D. R. Hall has endorsed a £3 a ton rebate on exported biscuits. A MILITARY WEDDING. SYDNEY, April 28. At a military wedding. Miss Gwendoline Nicklin, daughter of Mr. C. J. Nioklin, of Wellington, was married to Lieutenant G. P. Meridiih, of Tasmania. TEETOTAL GOVERNORS. SYDNEY, April 28. ■ Sir R. C. Munro-Ferguson, GovernorGeneral, and all the State Governors are following the King’s example as regards liquor. WAGES IN GOLD MINES. MELBOURNE, April.'2B. Speaking at a meeting of a goldmining company, the chairman or directors declared that if the Wagqs Board granted the miners’ demand of ah increase in wages to 13s 6d a day the mines would have to close, and gold production cease. ' BURGLARY AT TRADES HALL. MELBOURNE, April 28. Burglars broke into the Trades Hall, and. forcing a tin trunk, secured about £4OO, the whole takings of the eighthour demonstration. A safe containing £IOOO was untouched.