AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8179, 11 July 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

FEDERAL ELECTIONS. SPEECH BY SIR WILLIAM LYNE. Received July 10, 10,15 a.m. SYDNEY, July 10. Sir William Lyne, Federal Minister of Trade aud Customs, opened the electoral campaign in the Wagga district. He declared himself to be 1 a Humanist and a State Socialist. He told his heurers in a oouplo of words what State SooialiEm mennt. It was FreetradS defeated. EASTERN EXTENSION CABLE. Received July 10, 10.15 a.m. MELBOURNE, July 10. Mr Chapman, the Federal Post-master-General, states that before the Eastern Extension Cable office is reopened he will have to be uatiafled that the Government cannot offer oable users similar facilities to those provided by tbe company. ANOTHER CASE OF PLAGUE. Received July 10, 10,15 a.m. SYDNEY, July 10. 1 ■ Another case of ordinary plague* has occurred in the city. THE EDUCATION BILL. Reoeived July 10, 10.22 a.m. ADELAIDE, July 10. The Primate has returned from a visit to England. Interviewed in reference to the Education Bill, he said that it was a matter of great rejoioing that there was such a strong de9ira for religious education in school*. Secularism was nowhere, but there was a contest between the people who wanted general Bible-teacbing and those who wanted denominational teaching with a conscience clause. On the whole he expressed the opinion that a really good result would come from the amended Bill.^ THE TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES* GRIEVANCES. Reoeived July 10, 11.4 p.m. SYDNEY, July 10. The tramway employees are settled in their determination to refuse a departmental enquiry into their grievances, aud to demand the appointment of a Royal Commission. s At a meeting to-day the President of the Union said that the publio oould rest assured that the Union would do nothing to precipitate the service into anything that would cause disaster. He stated that a certain movementhad taken place to get him to return to duty, and hinted that the action j was in the nature of a bribe. A driver named Kelly accuses the Superintendent of the tram service of attempting to bribe him to create a dissension in the Union. The Superintendent denies the accusation.