AUSTRALIA
fBY CABLE—PBESS ASSN.- -COPYRIGHT.] y CANBERRA, February IG. The Prime Minister announced that the Treasurer (Mr Casey), the Premier .of Queensland-.- (Mr W. Forgan Smith), and the, I-iiglU Commissioner (Mr Bruce)'.tyill represent the Commonwealth at the Sugar Conference in London on April 5. SHIP’S SAFETY. SYDNEY, February 16. Reports received in Sydney indicate that the Shousing, which has a broken rudder, is still battling in a cyclone oft' the coast of Queensland, and although her wireless is silent her agents believe that she is safe and in no need of assistance. MINING ENTERPRISE. CANBERRA, February 16. Expenditure of over two millions for the development of mineral resources at Tennant Creek, Central Australia, is contemplated by a new company, Morgan Tennants Limited, which has jijst been registered at Canberra. The company is a subsidiary' of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, limited. ■ L - * Senator McLachlan, Minister of Development, is hopeful that it will be tlie forerunner of large scale mining activity in Central Australia.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 February 1937, Page 7
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