AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Grey River Argus, 2 July 1925, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

I I’KOILIAR ELECTRICAL FATALITY. SYDNEY, June 3(1. A peculiar fatal 'accident occurred at Wollongong. When Andrew Bain was attempting to start a car without a battery, he connected I with his own lighting supply, and then went to crank the car. He received the vinrent in the body and was electrocuted. His brother, who went to Ins assistance, received a severe shock. CATTLE DISEASE. SYDNEY, .Tune 30. A mysterious disease which has broken out among the eattic in the Lismore district is now diagnosed as anthrax. METAL MARKET. LONDON, T*ino 29. Copper is quoted £59 18s 9d and £6O 18s 9d per ton; lead £.33 Ils I’d and £32 5s spelter £34 6s 3d and £33 12s 6d; tin £253! 5s and £255 7s lid : silver, standard, 32 : l pence per ounce, fine 34 13-16 pence. WHEAT MARKET. LONDON, June 29. Wheat cargoes are quiet. American wheat is now. offering more . freely. Parcels are in'quiet request, and are sixpence cheaper. At Liverpool futures are quoted: July Ils -lid per bushel,■ October His Sid, December 10s Bid. EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE. OTTAWA, June 29. The re-election of Earl Haig as President of the Empire Service League and the Prince of Wales as Patron, marked the opening session of the biennial conference here. The appointment of a special committee of ex-serviee men of the Empire to further the migration of British returned soldiers in the Dominions, for settlement of the land, was recommended in a resolution moved by Commander A. P. Hett, and seconded by Sir Andrew Russell (New Zealand). Commander James Drain, of the American Legion, who was introduced by Earl Haig, referred in a speech to the British and United States peoples, stating: “We speak a common language which is beyond the mere sound of words.’’ Premier King, in welcoming the delegates from all over the Empire, urged them to go forward in the labours for preserving peace. They fought to win. Commander Drain, in iiis speech, stated: “You can no more have peace by wishing for it, than vim can change a tiger into a tomcat.’’