AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS
COBAR MINERS ASSIST STRIKE. l?ress Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. •SYDNEY, February 8. The Cobar miners have rescinded their former resolution and decided to assist the Broken Hill strikers financially. BOOKS TO BE DEARER. MELBOURNE, February 8. The Booksellers’ Association have decided to increase the price of many books by 10 per cent. TRADE WITH JAPAN. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT YIELD. COMMONWEALTH WAR LOAN A HUGE SUCCESS. SYDNEY, February 9. (Received February 9, at 9.15 a.'m.) The Eastern Commissioner reports that a party of prominent Japanese mining engineers propose to visit Australia and to study our ores with a view to importing them. The placing of large contracts is anticipated. MELBOURNE, February 9. The Imperial Government are negotiating for the acquisition of the balance of the wheat crop, probably two and a-half million tons.
The War Loan has reached £21,581,820. The Agricultural Show is to bo held from September 25 to 30 inclusive. PERTH, February 9. Tho minors’ resolution against working along with enemy subjects has been enforced in two mines which have closed. Others are reducing their hands. ADELAIDE, February 9. A revised forecast of the wheat harvest estimates it at thirty million bushels.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19160209.2.45
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 6
Word Count
193AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 6
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in