January. 1913. 



History of the Month. 



Australian rowing team were not treated well after 

 their defeat of Leander on the Thames, is emphati- 

 cally contradicted by Mr. Thomson. " We received 

 the utmost courtesy and consideration during ouj 

 training on the Thames," he affirms. " The race 

 for the much-coveted Grand Challenge Cup resulted 

 in a splendid victory for Australian oarsmanship, 

 and will for ever stand in the forefront of the annals 

 of English and Australian amateur rowing. And 

 any criticism that would mar this victory, any cheap 

 sneers regarding the attire of the Leander members or 

 any attempt to belittle our opponents, in my opinion 

 should be treated with the contempt thev deserve. 

 The Leander crew we met w'as a reallv fine one. I 

 have no svmpathy with any ill-mannered or ungener- 

 ous attacks on English sportsmanship. In my 

 opinion, they are not deserving of notice." 



A Twilight 

 League. 



In an age when organised labour is 

 </Xfrting its power to improve the 

 conditions of the masses, there is a 

 danger of overlooking the classes, 

 those outside the scope of trades unions, who, all the 

 same, have to bear the burdens of life unaided and 

 unthought of. In Sydney a movement has taken 

 shape to establish an association for the purpose of 

 maintaining a home for educated women, whose 

 age has necessitated their giving up their occupations 

 or professions. At the inaugural meeting the Lady 

 Mayoress presided, and she was supported by a 

 large gathering of influential ladies. The speakers 

 dwelt upon the desirability of such a home, and the 

 unhappy circumstances which too often surround 

 the declining years of elderly ladies of small and 

 precarious incomes. It was urged that the working 

 woman was ah/ays caring for others. The care of 

 the aged mother, the younger children, and so on, 

 invariably fell, not on the married members of the 

 family, who went their own way, but on the patient, 

 hard-working daughter, who contributed to the sup- 

 port of the rest out of her own small earnings. The 

 idea of the new home is to provide women with a 

 room of their own at ,a rental of from los. to 15s. a 

 month, and in which each could be her absolute 

 mistress. It is further proposed to supply one good 

 meal a day at cost price, and to secure a site for the 

 home that would secure to each inmate her own little 

 garden plot. The choice of a suitable name for this 

 much-needed and deserving institution has not yet 

 been made. Several names have been canvassed, 

 but the committee can scarcely improve on the first 

 proposal of " The Twilight Home," though some 



LORD LIVERPOOL (THE NEW- GOVERNOR OP NEW ZEA- 

 LAND) AND LADY LIVERPOOL. 



of the ladies seemed to think it carried a melancholy 



suggestion. 



By majority the High Court has 



Commonwealtli o-iven an important judgment bear- 

 Industriai ? .,.,,. 1 j. ^.i 



Jurisdiction. "^S ^^"^ uidustnal clamis, and at the 



same time an interpretation as to 

 what legal Iv constitutes an industrial dispute. The 

 case was one in which various shipping companies 

 appealed against their inclusion in an award by the 

 Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitra- 

 tion at the instance of the Merchant Service Guild of 

 Australia. The contention put forward on tehalf 

 of the Merdiant Service Guild was that the Common- 

 wealth Court of Arbitration has authority to entertain 

 and determine any industrial claim put forward by a 

 combination of employees in two or more States, if 

 the claim is not at once conceded. The Chief Justice 

 held that the question for determination by the High 



