AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

Evening Star, Issue 19006, 30 July 1925, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS

BANKS HAVE GOOD YEAR. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. SYDNEY, July 29. The half-yearly meetings of the banks generally show that the last half-year was a good one from the banking standpoint. SYDNEY WAR MEMORIAL. SYDNEY. July 29. The Premier (Mr J. T. Lang) stated that the Government would pay for tho erection of a memorial cenotaph in Martin place, provided tho design, material, and workmanship were entirely Australian, «and that the total cost would not exceed £5,000. He added that tho public would bo afforded an opoprtunity to subscribe. ALLEGED TILE MONOPOLY. SYDNEY, July 29. The Crown Solicitor, on behalf of the Attorney-General, has filed an information under the Monopolies Act against twenty-one firms and a number of individuals alleging that they monopolised the trade in the roofing tiles industry and combined for such purpose. MEAT PRODUCERS. LEVY ON GROWERS. SYDNEY, July 30. (Received July 30, at 9.55 a.m.) A meeting of the Australian Meat Council resolved that tho amount of the levy to be struck on stockholders for the purposes of the council shall be *}d a head on cattle, and Jd on sheep. Another resolution empowered the council to approach the oveiseas shipping companies with a view to having shipping freights on meat reduced to the same level as those for Now Zealand.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CEREALS.

ADELAIDE, July 30. (Receievd July 30, at 9.55 a.m.)

The Government Statistician reports that the wheat return for 1924-25 was 30,528,025 bushels, an average of 12.21 bushels per acre, compared with 84,551,955 bushels (an average of 14.29) for the previous season. Barley production was 3,103,718 bushels, an average of 18.16, against 3,251,885 bushels (an average of 17.65). Oats totalled 1,939,415 bushels, an average ol >‘ against 2,157,938 bushels (an au of 12.24).