AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8282, 8 November 1906, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELEOI'ION Received November 7, 10.7 a.m. ADELAIDE, November 7. It is predicted chat the new House of Assembly will be composed of the following parties:— Ministerialists 19 Independents ... ... 9 Oppositiocists... 13 THE MELBOURNE STRIKE. Reoeived November 7, 11.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 7. A number of *be oaipenters who went out on strike have resumed work at 48 hours per week, while some of the bricklayers who demanded 44 hours have accepted work in the country at 48 hours per week. FLAX CULTIVATION. Received November 7, 10.7 a.m. SYDNEY, November 7. A farmer on the Victorian border is successfully cultivating fax on a large scale. He intends •'io erect a mill and deal with the crop as well as those of other growers. J NATIONAL BANK. Received November 8, 12 43 a.m. MELBOURNE, November 7. At the half-yearly meeting of She National Banfc, the chairman said that the preaeut season was unparalleled. No portion of the vast territory was suffering frtpra laok of water. There was u great demand for pastoral properties, and more stations had changed hands during the lest twelve munths than had been the case for many years.

I AN ALLEGATION DENIED.,

Received November 8, 13.43 a.m. HO BART, November 7. Mr Morrisly, in the Legislative Council, charged tha attorneyGeneral with abuses of the electoral law by acting as agent for a candidate and spending money in excess of the legal amount. He alleged this was done to defeat f he then Attorney-Uenerai and secure that portfolio for himself. Mr Propsting denied the charges, explaining the matter to the satisfaoton of the members.