AUSTRALIAN CABLES

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 251, 22 October 1924, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES

(Received 2 p.m.)

MATERNITY MORTALITY.

SYDNEY, this day. Speaking at the Royal Welfare Society, the president stated that 300 mothers die annually in childbirth, according to the Government Statistician's report. Thirty-one per cent of these deaths were due to puerperal septicaemia.—A. and N.Z. Cable.)

STEAMER CASINO ASHORE.

MELBOURNE, this day. The coastal steamer Casino, bound from Port'Phillip Heads to Portland, went aground off the mouth of the Kenneth River on. a rocky bottom. It is believed that rain, and a gale raging at the time, obscured the light at Eagle's Nest lighthouse. The mate and some of the crew succeeded in getting ashore with great difficult}', and were able to spread the news of the vessel's danger. The passengers were conveyed ashore Safely. The vessel is leaking, but the crew are still aboard, and there are no fears entertained for their safety.—(A end N.Z. Cable.)

OVERSEA SWIMMERS.

SYDNEY, this day. Advice has been received that Weis*iuller has declined to visit Australia during the coming swimming season. The Japanese champion, Katsuo Takaisha, will now be invited.—(A. and N7 Cable.)

WOOLLEN MILLS CLOSE.

SYDNEY, this day. Owing to the competition of imported goods, and ±he high level of wool values, Gold's hosiery mills have decided to cease operations. This will mean that nearly 400 workers will be thrown idle. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

PLETHORA OF CRICKETERS.

SYDNEY, this day.. Selectors of the Australian team to meet England in the flrst test are having a difficult time. Probably never before in the history of the game have so many players been eligible for selection —players who would not weaken the side if included. It is. a question of who shall be dropped, not who shall be picked. There is a plethora o! batsmen, but not fcowlers. Australia is well served in the matter of wicket-keepers, and has wonderful fieldsmen. Collins and Bardsley are the finest opening pair of batsmen Australia possesses. On present form, Taylor and Kippax appear certainties. Kelleway and Gregory will i also be among the first chosen. As only eleven can be picked from the great array, it is certain that some States are going to feel slighted.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

WHEAT POOL REJECTED.

MELBOURNE, this day. The Legislative Council has rejected the Compulsory Wheat Pool Bill.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)

MASTER BAKERS CONFER.

HOB ART, this day. The eighteenth Federal conference of the Master Bakers' Association of Australasia was opened to-day. It was attended by 95 delegates from all A usI tralian States aud New Zealand. It was resolved to hold the next conference in South Australia.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.)

N.S.W. FISHERIES.

SYDNEY, this day. i The annual report of the Fisheries of jNcw South WaJes for 1923, which was tabled in the Assembly, states the total quantity of fish gold during the year at metropolitan markets to have been valued at £406,331. Revenue from licenses amounted to £1050. Fish valued at £524,431 were imported, and exports amounted to £13,433.—(A. and , N.Z. Cable.) • I