AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 July 1924, Page 8

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Cnils' iioE HOCCKR- •] CAM { v * r \ i)M'V. BY CiBJjE—PBKS3 ASSOCIATION—COX-YIiIGUT • • Sydney, ,!uh s. 1 nc Chinese scorer iooibnilers arrived iii Sidney in tire Taugan iar ll . „ They leave for New Zealand on Frainy. EFFECTS Or TiiC FREIGHT WAR. '• > DNFV. July 8. _ Th: ho ip, lit _ wnr among "ihe interefruo steamship rumpunies continues, it i- kkimaied that as the result <h reductions in freight rates since Ootolast lire shippers hoiwroei; the various ports affected have saved about •i-iUU.tKJiI sterling. Another reduction ol U.jU.tiiJU Iras been secured by eom- • pt-nave . tendering for .freighting lire Queensland sugar crop to 'southern refineries. The i eductions ru freight have ai.su [eel to an increase in the volume of'inter-State trade. A .striking ■inßanco of the reduction is wool, which was formerly carried at lls *jd for an culinary hale and 19,s dumped. It hs tuny quoted at 7s generally, -and in .some cases (j s fid.

VICTOR lAN PARLIAMENT. MELBOURNE, July 8. Alter a prolonged discussion the central executive, of the Fanners' Union has issued a statement in which they a_,iee to enter a composite Ministrv with the Nationalists on condition that the Country Baity receive six portfolios. including the Premiership Unless these'.terms are accepted negotiations with the Nationalist Party will b e discontinued. " FIRE IN A GRAIN STORE. MELBOURNE, July 8 - Damage estimated ,at- Thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed a hulk store late, last nioJit \ hood of grain poured from He burst walls and flowed about the "! oca lily. TVOOL GROWERS COMPLAIN. Received July 8,10. Id n.m. , . SIDNEY, July 8. At- the sheep siiow luncheon, in nro--ing the importance of the wool industry, the president said that they should have had a representative with practical knowledge at the Eanpire- Exhibitiou to sneak for it. Instead they had gn Joseph Cook, who did not know a cow from a- corkscrew, and a George street, jeweller, good fellows, but political appointees who know absolutely nothing about the pastoral industry. "

DECREASE IN MINING STUDENTS

, SYDNEY. July 8. The past decade lias been notable for a decrease in the number of university students graduating in minim-- and metallurgy. Since 1920 only one student every, year has taken liis degree in this school. At one time it was not uncommon Tor ten to twenty to graduate yearly. Melbourne University lias also experienced a decline. A proposal lias been made to enlarge the scope of the present curriculum at Sydney University to cm brace the study of chemical engineering. PRICE OF INSULIN REDUCED. . SYDNEY, July S., Ihe Diteetor-Generai of Health announces that the price of insulin has been reduced Irom. 8s 4d per hundred units to os 3d. F urtlier reductions to hospitals make the price to them about a halfpenny a unit. PROPOSED FMG FIT TO NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE. July 8. At air early date an attempt' to fly Irom Australia, to New Zealand will bo made by the Pratt Brothers, of Geelong, if they can obtain a suitable flying boat.