THE COMMONWEALTH.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS. j By Telegraph—Pms Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Pocoivcd March o, 11.5 a.in.) FORTY-FOUR HOURS’ WEEK. SYDNEY. March 5. The master builders are taking a ballot on the question of conceding a fortyfour hours’ week to employees as from January. 19120SOUR FilS AS ATITCULTFRISTE. The State Government is settling 200 soldiers in vitieulinral areas this year. Until the vineyards are hearing profitably. the settler? will be allowed suslenanco and will pay no rent. The Cabinet will probably decide to dissociate ih.e vitieultural industry from the liquor trade, MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A WARDER. A negro named Ruokley, serving a sentence of fourteen years at Bathurst, made a murderous attack on a warder with a knife made of galvanised iron. Other prisoners assisted Ruokley, After a desperate struggle, during which Buckley stabbed two warders, the mutiny was quelled. Ruokley was badly knocked about, and was unconscious for several hours, WORK FOR SOLDIERS. MELBOURNE, March 6 Tire Federal Government has made a gift of £'-500,000 to local government authorities to ho expended exclusively on works io provide immediate employmen! for relumed soldiers. INFLUENZA. One additional death from influenza is reported.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12569, 5 March 1919, Page 5
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