AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 September 1923, Page 2

AUSTRALIA

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) S.A. RAILWAYS. ADELAIDE, September 20. The railway year ended June last, showed a small surplus on working, the first surplus fox’ some years in South Australia. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SYDNEY, September 20. Sir Mark Sheldon has been elected President of the Chamber of Commerce, vice Mr. Henty, who retired for health reasons. ABORIGINALS DOOMED. PERTH, September 21. Doctor Haddon, of Cambridge, en route to England, said that in twenty to thirty years only a few aboriginals would be left in Australia, this being due to the tribes deteriorating under civilisation. N.S.'W. POLITICS. SYDNEY, Sept. 21. Mr. P. Scully, Member of the Assembly for Namoi electorate, has resigned, and has been succeeded by his brother, W. J. Scully who was the next Labour candidate at the last poll.

“AUSTRALIA’S” BREAK-UP. SYDNEY, September 21

Dr. Earle Page, speaking at Coffs Harbour, favoured a proposal to break up the battleship Australia and sink the hull to form a portion of the local breakwater. This would save the taxpayers £1,000,000 now spent on the upkeep of the vesseel.

QUEENSLAND ASSEMBLY BRISBANE, September 21. In the Assembly, the Jury Act Amendment Bill, abolishing the property qualification, was read a first time. The jury is to consist of six in-

stead of four, and a verdict may be given by a five-sixths majority if no agreement was reached at the end of six hours. The Bill extending the Government’s guarantee of 5£ pence a pound for good quality cotton till July, 1926, was read a first time. JAPANESE GRATITUDE. SYDNEY, September 21. Doctor Sakurai, leader of the Japanese delegation at the Science Congress, in a farewell message expressed gratitude for the courtesy and hospitality extended to him and his colleagues during the visit to Australia, which had not only increased their knowledge of the Pacific, but promoted goodwill and friendly feelings among the people of the Pacific countries. Nothing had impressed him more than the spontaneous sympathy and generous aid to relieve the distress caused by earthquake, which would be remembered by the Japanese nation for years to come.