AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16608, 4 December 1919, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

STRIKE OF BEER-MAKERS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received Dec. 4, 10.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 4. The brewery employees in the city have struck demanding higher wages. Fifteen hundred are rendered idle. THE LIQUOR BILL. ' j (Received Doe. 4, 10.15 a.m.) i SYDNEY, Dec. 4. The Assembly read a second time tho Liquor Act Amendment Bill. MEMBERS’ SALARIES INCREASED. PERTH, Deo. 4. Tho Assembly decided in favour of increasing members’ salaries. I ! THE CLOSING OF HOTELS. j SYDNEY, Dec. 3. The High Court’s decision, that the proclamation closing hotels during the influenza epidemic was illegal, has resulted in tho withdrawal of 31 cases. THE SYDNEY FIRE. SYDNEY, Deo. 3. The damage at Keep’s fire is estimated at £250,000. It is covered by insurance. Besides Bromfield’s, three other small outbreaks in adjoining buildings were subdued. FARMERS’ DROUGHT BILL. SYDNEY, Dec. 3. The Assembly; has passed the Farmers’ Drought Bill.