GENERAL GABLES

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14255, 5 January 1920, Page 6

GENERAL GABLES

STRIKE IN INDIA. OVER 20 MILLS IDLE. [A. stralian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) BOMBAY, January 2. A widespread strike of millhan.ds lias atfocted over a score of mills in the Ware! area of Bombay. The demands include a 50 per cent increase in wages • and a 10-hour day. COAL SHORTAGE. (United Press Association.) ADELAIDE, January 3. Owing to the coal shortage, caused by the strike, the Coal Board has decided to cancel further allotments of coal to non-essential industries. SENATE ELECTIONS. (United Press Association.) SYDNEY, Jan. 2. The final figures for the first Sen«j|« vacancy give Mr Cox a majority m 50,406. . *.. PROGRESS OF SYDNEY. (United Press Association.) SYDNEY, Jan. 2. The value of new buildings and additions in the metropolitan area during 1919 totalled £4,788,804. '■ \ MARKET PRICES. (United Press Association.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 2. The Federal Government has increased the prices of New South Wales wheat to 6s. Cd a bushel, flour to £l2 15s and bran and pollard to £lO 12s 6d per ton. Bread is 3d higher. The Victorian millers have advanced prices. as follows: b'lour to £l4 5s a ton, bran and pollard to £B, and wheat by Is a bushel. FEDERAL WAR PENSIONS. (United Press Association.) MELBOURNE, January 3. The war pensions annual liability now amounts to £6,003,75G.