GENERAL CABLES

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 232, 25 June 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright The National City Bank, New York, has announced that 350,000 dollars’ worth of gold is expected to arrive from Australia at the end of next month.

Charles L Terry, of Sydney, who graduated in ci-riTengineerlng at the Troy Polytechnic, is one of the eight chosen by combined engineering faculties of America, for highest honours.

It is reported from Melbourne that Sir Joseph Cook has announced that the Commonwealth Government intends to appoint Mr. Justice Powers in place of Mr. Justice Higgins as President of the Federal Arbitration Court.

The Sporting Federation In Sydney further discussed, the amateur definition, and passed a resolution in favour of purely amateur control by 11 votes to 4. As this is not. a three-fourths majority, the decision is not effective.

The Labour Congress at Melbourne passed a resolution that organised Labour should oppose further assisted immigration, arid that no Government should arrange for immigration without first securing the approval of organised Labour.

The Rev. W. Thompson, of the Fiji Methodist Mission, who has returned to Sydney from a visit to India, states that many Indians who, after living in Fiji, have returned to India, are dssatisfied with the conditions there, and desire io go back to Fiji. Arrangements have been made to enable them to do so.

In the Commonwealth House of Representatives, on the tariff debate, a strong fight was made against, increasing the duties on imported timbers. The Minister of Customs proposed to increase the present duty of P. to 3s. or 4s. per hundred superocial feet. ally the Minister’s proposal was adopted regarding certain classes of timber, including A’ew Zealand white pine, undressed and not for use in tho manufacture of butter-boxes.

Air. Mark Sheldon (Australian Trade Commissioner) Tins returned to New York from Washington. He found that very keen interest was being taken there in the Imperial Conference, also throughout the country. Summarising the observations made durum his tour. Mr Sheldon states that he %und the coastal business depressed owing to the shipping situation, and the outlook was du . Througlioul the Middle West much un-emplorment-exists, the depression being primarily due to the railroad situation. Commenting on the shipping slump. . lr. Sheldon stales that tho American Government realises that iis method of establishing a mercantile marine was not suited to the conditions. Its policy now is to transfer control to private owners ns quickly as possible.