AUSTRALIA

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 November 1923, Page 5

AUSTRALIA

> —— 3 (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) POPPY DAY. ’ SYDNEY, November 9. i A Poppy Day collection in aid of disabled soldiers and their dependants I was held in the city and suburbs. A l large amount is expected to bo L realised. L ATHLETE SUSPENDED. [ SYDNEY, November 9. 5 H. R. Turner, who was to defend the L Half-mile State Championship on Sat- - urday, has been suspended by the j Amateur Athletic Asociation for six i months, on the ground that he hamE pered Hatton, the English champion, i in the mile race on Saturday last. - Other competitors were also to be 3 dealt with. i t POTATO SHORTAGE, r SYDNEY, November 9. > The scarcity of potatoes here is hit- ’ ting the public hard. Despite the » housewives holding a boycott, in view 3 of the extreme prices, there is a keen demand for the small lots, which are ’ offering. At present £2O per ton is ' being paid for small tubers locally grown, which are unsale able in the or dinary market. It is anticipated that potato prices will soar still higher, and there is little prospect of relief before

bIICIC - the middle of December, when West Australian potatoes will be available. CURBING MOTORISTS. SYNEY, November 8. Following the increasing frequency of accidents to pedestrians in the city . streets, the police have opened an ex- [ tensive campaign against motor traffic. The courts are crowded with cases, and fines and suspensions are being I inflicted for various infringements of j the traffic rules. The authorities . claim that their object is not persecu- , tion, but education in the much neglected regulations. Motorists are up t in arms, and reply that the regulations aro absurd, obsolete, and quite unsuited for modem conditions. The . traffic police, they say, fail to show, or are incapable of showing proper discrimination.