AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 63, 14 March 1924, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

(Received 1- noon.) ARCHBISHOP WRIGHT. c «=.-:, a.- _ SYDNEY, this day. Archbishop Wright, oi Sydney, who has been ill, accompanied by his daughter, is going to New Zealand to recuperate his health. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.; u£* SYDNEY PRODUCE. "<*•!»' " '"' - v t-~ "-■•''*'" SYDNEY, this day. Following are current prices: Oats, Tasmanian Algerians 4/, White Giants 4/10 to 5/; maize, South African 4/10, local 4/9; potatoes, £7 to £10; onions, £7 10/ to £B.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) STEAMER ABANDONED. , ...2..SSSU .-- SYDNEY, this day. The steamer Mary Horlock was abandoned waterlogged 700 miles from the Japanese coast. She was making a voyage with a cargo of timber from the Pacific Coast on January 26. All hands were picked up by a passing steamerPrior to her final voyage the Mary Horlock took a cargo of wheat from Sydney to Japan. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) UNEMPLOYED DOLE. BRISBANE, this day. At present 10S1 unemployed are receiving sustenance under the Employed Workers' Insurance Act. To date the total sustenance payments amounted to £79,734.—(A. and N.Z. (able.) TERRIFIC RAIN. BRISBANE, this day. Phenomenal rain has been falling for 24 hours in the Northern districts. It has inundated great areas and dislocated all rail traffic. Extensive damage has been douc—(A. anil N.Z. Cable.) MINIMUM WAGE. F? " 1 BRISBANE, this day. The Arbitration Court, after hearing an application by the Australian Workers" L'nion for an increase of the living wage, decided that it would remain as i.t present—£4 weekly.—A. and N.Z.