(Per Pbhß9 Association. 1 ,

SYDNEY, June 1

A large majority of the Newcastle lodges have adopted the delegates' recommenda tion for a conference.
LONDON, May 31

A compromise has been agreed to over the builders' strike. On several points the masters conceded a halfpenny with the exception of two, who refused.
The Colonial Secretary, New South Wales, has assured a deputation represent ing the unemployed that blankets would be issued for the destitute, and shelter found if possible during the winter. Speaking at Coonamble, New South Wales, AJIr Macdonald, M.P., stated that he believed that the majority of the Labor members were satisfied of the sincerity of the Premier.
Mr Haynes's proposal in the New South Wales Parliament to nationalise a Newcastle coal mine is ridiculed by the northern mine owners.
