AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1921, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

— , (Australian and N.Z. Cable Associaticnj SYDNEY, Aug. 12. —The Farmers’ ballot decided in favour of the pool as against the open wheat market. z SYDNEY, August 11.—The Profiteering Court has increased the retail price of butter by three halfpence per pound. The Farmers’ Conference has adopted, a resolution denouncing the fixation of prices of farming products. SY r DNEY, Aug. 12. —Large areas are still flooded in the western river country. It is estimated that a hundred sheep are marooned along the Darwin. Some flocks have been fed for weeks per medium of aeroplanes. Bourke and other townships continue ’ to be partially isolated. SYDNEY, Aug 12.—Hotelkeepers are taking an organised stand against brewers extending the tied house system to the wine and spirit trade. It. is stated that. seventy-five per c6nt., of the hotels in the State are tied. SYDNEY, This Day.—Giving evidence before the Select Committee on q Agriculture, Jlie Railways Commissioner stated that in order to assist the primary producers freight rates for some commodities have been reduced to an extent that they were in? sufficient to cover the expenses. MELBOURNE, This Day—The Vic- •„ toriau Athletic Association rejected by )„-■ 27 votes to 3 the proposal? of the Queensland (Association seeking endorsement of its action in reinstating Postle as a professional sprinter. MELBOURNE, This Day.—The Air Board announces that as the result of z experiments, aircraft can be successfully manufactured in Australia fr<tn Australian timbers. MELBOURNE, Aug. 12.—The Wheat Commission is advised that quotations for wheat and flour for u export, October shipment, are now ' obtainable at 7/3 bushel. A ■ CRICKET.

ADELAIDE, August 11.—South Australia’s marriage rate for 1920 showed a great improvement, being »y x 10.33 p r 1000 the highest recorded in Australia. ADELAIDE, Aug. 12.—1 n the Assembly, the censure motion was defeated by twenty-five votes to seventeen, the Farmers’ Party voting with Labour. BRISBANE, Aug. 12.—National Show champion honours, Clydesdale stallions, went to the New Zealand breds, Marshall Foch and Operation. BRISBANE, August 12.—1 n the Assembly, the Country Party moved a vote of No-confidence in the Government. The debate was adjourned till Tueday.