The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE. - Considerable increases
in salaries have been asked by the Com
monwealth Public Service Clerks. ara
the Arbitration Court has granted their
association a hearing in order to deter
mine the justice of their request The
increases desired are as follows: Clerks
OF Class l, now receiving s2.s45.16, wish
S3,295.08: Class 2. receiving $2.50776,
desire $2,s57.6S; Glass 8, receiving s1.-
9s2.SS, wish s2,420.2s: Class 4, receiv-
ing S1.45S, wish s1,S95.40; Glass s, re-
ceiving ss52.56. wish $1,4ss.s4.
ADELAIDE. - The London Board Of
Trade intends holding in the autumn Of
1920 an exhibition OF tifnbers from va
rious parts of the British Empire, ac-
cordlng to press cables from London.
Australia is arranging to be represented.
and will have exhibits of various woods
of the Commonwealth. as well as furni-
ture and other manufactured articles
made from them.
BROKEN HILL.-It is now estimated
that the Broken Hill South Mine. which
caught fire last July 80. will probably re-
main idle for at least a gear, due to
the damage done. The loss resulting
amounted to more than half a million
dollars
MANLY.-The objective OF the Peo-
pies Party of Australia Is ''to eliminate
machine politics. destroy profiteering,
increase production and decrease indus
trial unrest by encouraging cooperation
between all classes; to stimulate pri-
mary industries and land settlement and
to decentralize transport and industry"
according to the policy speech delivered
here by Capt. Carmichael. leader of the
organization.
SYDNEY. - Suburban Mayors pledged
themselves to do all in their power to
aid New South Wales in raising its
share of s45,000.000 OF the Common
wealth Peace Loan at recent meeting
here.
STDNEY.-An IL inch German railway
gun, captured by the 31st Battalion of
Australia at Harbonnieres, will be short
ly transported here and placed in the
gardens adjoining the Sydney railway
station. This IS said to be Australia s
largest war trophy.
MELBoURNE.-Direct letter mail service
between Australia and Germany has
been resumed. according to an announce
ment OF the Commonwealth postal au-
thoritiea
SYpNKr.-The second cottage built by
the Voluntary Workers OF City latter
Sails Club for returned soldiers at
Matraville was opened this week. The
workers OF this club, who both supply
the necessary money and personally do
all the required work in building homes
for returned service men, have within
the last eigkteen months appropriated
about $4,000 for this and other patriotic
purposes.
SYDHEY.-Ths New South Wales Gov
eminent has announced that II will build
400 model homes on a ten acre plot i'm
mediately without this city, to form one
of the many worlxingman's model
suburbs under the State housing scheme.
The Institute Of Architects will have
charge OF the planning, while the build
lngs will be put up under the contract
system. IT is expected that the first
residents win take possession before
Christmas.
SYDNEY.-Prunes grown and cured in
New South Wales, are
equal in quality to the higher grade of
prunes produced in the Santa Clara val
ley California, from winch district
comes the best American fruit of that
kind, In the opinion Of r. B. Hogue OF
Santa Clara, who examined the Austria
liam product
ME1BouRNE.-Press cables from Lon
don state that an English company with
a capital OF S1,250,o00 has been formed
TO Introduce Australian wines : into
northern Europe and secure a hold on
he markets which were largely supplied
rom Germany before the war.
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