AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 18045, 12 August 1922, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Press Association. FEDERAL POLITICS. MELBOURNE, August 11. (Received August 12, at 1.10 a.m.) It is expected that the Government will win on tho censure motions by four votes. BOARD OF TRADE TO REMAIN. SYDNEY, August 11, (Received August 12, at 12.10 a.m.) Sir George Fuller announced that the Government will not take any action in regard to abolishing the Board of Trade, which will continue in operation until May next. The board, therefore, will declare a new living wago next October. THE MEAT SURPLUS. LOOKING FOR A MARKET. SYDNEY, August 12. (Received August 12, at 9.20 a.m.) a movement is afoot lor opening up the Dutch East Indian market for Australian frozen and chilled meats. With a population of 50,000,000, only tho small European section is at present being supplied from Western Australia. It is understood that the Commonwealth Government is prepared to make available cold storage space in five of their steamers for the trade. TIMBER BORERS. A REASSURING STATEMENT. SYDNEY, August 12. (Received August 12, at 9.25 a.m.) The Government Entomologist states that there is no cause for alarm over timber borers imported from tropical countries. They are not likely to become a pest in temperate climates. Moreover, . they are not adapted by nature for breeding in Australian hardwoods.