AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 April 1922, Page 7

AUSTRALIA

•' " (Australian and N.lit. Cable Association.) I'RICE OF FLOUR. SYDNEY, April 5. Thu. wholesale price of Hour hero has been reduced by .10/- per ion, to £l3. AIR. DOOLEY’S RESIGNATION. SYDNEY. April b. lb is anticipated that Air. Dooley, who is in a. private hospital with an injured ankle will tender his resignation in a few days. DROUGHT BKOKEN SYDNEY, April 5. Heavy rain is falling throughout. New Soin li W ales. It lias broken a dry spell which had been experienced for many weeks past. B.A.W.R.A. SALE. MELBOURNE, .April 6. The conference of the B.A.W.R.A. AVoolsellcrs allocated two hundred bales for May and Juno, with the balance which will bo less, in July. NEW CYCLING' RECORD MELBOURNE, April 5. Kaltenbrun established a new Victorian and South African amateur cycling recon 1 by covering twenty- | two miles 1666 yards, unpaced, i n one | hour. ' I

niMIGRATION PLANS. ' MELBOURNE, April 6. | Mr. Hughes announced that the t Imperial Government was willing t<> | assist immigration by the payment of one third of the interest on a loan • floated to finance settlement in Australia The Common weal th is seeking I fifty millions for the purpose io be spread over a period of years.

LABOUR REFORMS'. SYDNEY, April 5. A new organisation lias been formed at tile Trades Hall, known as the Organised Workers’ Group.’- It demands that all Labour Candidates shall be members of trade unions, and shall bo selected by trades unions, organised into industrial groups. The new movement will run candidates at the next election. BEEF SUBSIDY. MELBOURNE, April 5. The Commonwealth Government lias decided to assist the depressed beef industry by granting a subsidy of a farthing a lb on all beef, end this season’s beef stored in cool chambers before October 31 and shipped before December 31. provided certain conditions are complied with, including th© reduction of wages, and the reduction of the cost of treatment at the meatworks. METHODIST'S TOUR. SYDNEY, April 6. Reverend F. D. Blakeslee, a distinguished Methodist from tie- United States, who was present at President Lincoln’s last speech, arrived at Sydney from China, on route on a tour of fli 0 world Ho said that China would have to give up internecine strife if the Washington resolutions were to bo of any use. Ho added that the Prohibition Act in the United States would never bo repealed, as the benefits were proving much greater than the most enthusiastic over predicted. RUGBY UNION. SYDNEY, April 6. The annual meeting of the Rugby Union disclosed healthy prospects. 'The hope was expressed that a Maori team would visit Australia during Dio ensuing season. Nine Clubs are participating in first grade and seven in district matches, including one University and one Old Boys’ Club. Two innovations were adopted, the kicking into touch rule used in Auckland and the appointment of timekeepers to relievo the referee of the responsibility.

CRUISER’S TRIALS. - SYDNEY, April 6. The warship Adelaide underwent highly successful trials proving Australian workmen to be capable of turning out a standard of work as high as the British yards, and in many respects superior. The Adelaide has taken over four and a half years to build An officer explained that the delay was due to alterations, in consequence of the lessons learned from the battle of Jutland The cost was roughly £1,250,000 as against £450,000 each for the Melbourne and the Sydney which, were ■ constructed in England.