AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 June 1922, Page 2

AUSTRALIA

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) HARBOUR BRIDGE. SYDNEY, dune 29. Premier Fuller promised a deputation that the whole question oi building and financing the harbour bridge would be submitted to Parliament. A DOCTOR’S BETS. MELBOURNE, June 27. J. Colman, a bookmaker, has issued a writ against a Melbourne doctor, lor the recovery of £993, being the amount paid in the settlement of a wager last year. The amount was paid by ciieque. DEARER BUTTER. MELBOURNE, June 29. ’The wholesale price of butter will be increased a further 8s per cwt. today, making the increase 13s since .Monday. , The new prices for ninety point grade will be 1945, with a maximum of 200 s for the 94 grade. BASIC AV AGE. SYDNEY, June 28. Resultant upon the Board of Trade’s last basic wage declaration being declared valid, the Industrial Court dealt with applications, covering many industries, to bring wages into conformity with the declaration, and fixed July 21 as the date on which it is to become operative. STREET PROCESSIONS. MELBOURNE, June 27. The A z ictorian State Full Court, by majority decision, has declared illegal the Melbourne City Council’s bylaw for the regulation of street processions. The application to the Court was made by Father Barry, when the City Council tried to prosecute him and others for taking part in last St. Patrick’s Day procession in Melbourne, which was held despite the Council’s prohibition.